# 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:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/british-prime-minister-attempting-to-ban-social-media-sites/259932/6 "2011-08-12T10:18:50Z")

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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?

exactly. Same issue here in the US with the black on white hate crimes and the social networking elicited violent “flashmobs” Granted they just decided to go with curfews rather than looking into blocking any sort of web/cell traffic

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