WaPo reports (right now the link is not letting me view the entire article).

“The legality of that is very questionable and additionally it is also a very useful intelligence asset.” –London Metropolitan Police Acting Commissioner Tim Godwin, about shutting off Twitter etc. during the London riots.

I’ll be writing about the potential for social media to transform post-election disputes in my forthcoming book, The Voting Wars.  In advance of that publication next summer, from time to time I’ll be highlighting stories on the more general topic… Continue reading