# British Prime Minister attempting to ban social media sites

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**Created:** [August 12, 2011, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/british-prime-minister-attempting-to-ban-social-media-sites/259932 "2011-08-12T09:58:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Upstate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b3f665/32.png) [@Upstate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Upstate)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/british-prime-minister-attempting-to-ban-social-media-sites/259932/10 "2011-08-13T08:10:55Z")

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> [@Ford key made](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-key-made/44569/5):
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> How ironic that the British PM praised Facebook and twitter for their roles in the recent uprising in Iran but when his country gets put in the same situation all of a sudden it turns evil. Democracy? What’s that?

HUGE difference. Egypt and Libya were undergoing revolutions aimed at regime change, whereas in Britain right now you just have kids hellbent on causing damage. There’s no political goal that they have other than to destroy property.

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