It was so obvious that the riots were co-ordinated using mobile technology.
You would have thought that the government and powers that be could have forced mobile providers to turn off the mobile network or text messaging facilities.
I think the excuse by people saying if you do that you will stop emergency calls, but people could still use home phones, voip or other means. People these days rely on technology too much.
In the case of the riots it could have been stopped much quicker if mobile / text facilities were blocked, and even the internet and/or twitter/facebook disabled for the duration so no one could use them.
Am sure there is emergency powers in place that could disable the internet, various websites or mobile communication if necessary.
am sure most people could survive under the circumstances without texts, twitter or facebook for a while.
You would have thought that the government and powers that be could have forced mobile providers to turn off the mobile network or text messaging facilities.
I think the excuse by people saying if you do that you will stop emergency calls, but people could still use home phones, voip or other means. People these days rely on technology too much.
In the case of the riots it could have been stopped much quicker if mobile / text facilities were blocked, and even the internet and/or twitter/facebook disabled for the duration so no one could use them.
Am sure there is emergency powers in place that could disable the internet, various websites or mobile communication if necessary.
am sure most people could survive under the circumstances without texts, twitter or facebook for a while.