London Riots & the role of Social Media

Social Media has once again taken a center stage in the London Riots. BlackBerry phones have been used to organize the gangs & soon it started to move into different areas. There have been pics of looting posted on the twitter & facebook. Now, twitter, facebook page have been created to bring back the city to normal. Social media is playing a role in many places across the globe like in jasmine revoluution, earthquake news & others. Some of the top links related to London cleanup are as follows. Several celebrities have also taken to the social media to bring back normalcy to the city.

riotcleanup.co.uk
https://twitter.com/#!/riotcleanup
http://www.facebook.com/londoncleanup

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