London was burned this week due to heavy riots, caused when the police shot, 29 year old Mark Duggan in Tottenhum on Thursday. The protest against the police began peacefully, which then turned into a violent night of looting and carnage, burning buildings, vehicles, etc.

9th August: According to the police officials, and news reports by BBC, the protest was done by the teenage gang and BlackBerry Messenger, Twitter and Facebook were considered as an important tool in igniting these riots. Read more about this news after the break.

London Riots

But the question is, how can we blame BBM and the two social networking sites for these riots? Authorities said that BBM and the two social networking sites, Twitter and Facebook were greatly used by the rioters to communicate with each other to organise the mayhem.

However, BBM was blamed more than the social networking sites as BlackBerry devices are more cheaper, more instant than emails, Twitter or Facebook and one message can be instantly send to many users at a time and are greatly used by teenagers according to a recent reports by Gaurdian.

BlackBerry London Riots

As for Twitter and Facebook, they were flooded with tweets, videos, and pictures of burning cars and looting, tempting to gather as much people as possible to go against the police officials who shot Mark Duggan.

 

What do you guys think? Should social media and BBM technology, be blamed completely for the violence? Tell us your thoughts by giving in your comments below.

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