Image via CrunchBaseBY BHARGAV.Police are continuing to arrest members of the public accused of using social networking sites such as Facebook to instigate riots. Cheshire Police confirmed that it has arrested and charged three men for posting notices on social sites attempting to incite disorder, media reports said.
"The arrests follow a robust approach by Cheshire Police to any individuals suspected of promoting criminality via social networking sites," the force said. "As part of the approach a number of young people have received police advice in the presence of their parents around postings on their social networking sites or messages forwarded via social media."
Essex Police, meanwhile, has charged an 18 year-old woman with encouraging or assisting in the commission of an offence under the Serious Crime Act 2007 by sending a message via BlackBerry encouraging others to take part in violent disorder.
Jason O'Hagan, 19, was also charged with intentionally encouraging or assisting in the commission of an offence by posting a message on Facebook. The disorder even spread as far as Guernsey, where police have charged three men for attempting to incite violence on social sites.
"Guernsey Police can confirm that three men have been charged with offences contrary to the telecommunications law in respect of the abuse of a social networking site," inspector Trevor Coleman told V3.
Meantime, V3 has also learned that the number of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act requests being made to mobile operators for information on suspects has rocketed in the past few days. Earlier, Britain's Prime Minister threatened to block access to social networking websites following the outbreak of social unrests in the country, London in particular.
Cameron addressed a statement to the parliament on Thursday, warning to unleash a clampdown on the web-based social outfits, including Facebook, Twitter and Research in Motion, the producer of BlackBerry devices.
He said the government would consider applying the ban against the people, who are suspected of 'inciting violence online.' Cameron's threat, meanwhile, defied the White Hall's claim to being an advocate of human rights and freedom of expression.
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Scotland Yard vowed to track down and arrest protesters who posted “really inflammatory, inaccurate” messages on Facebook, but it didn’t stop at just two people. While two teenagerswere arrested this week in connection with messages posted on Facebook allegedly encouraging people to start rioting, 10 more have now joined them, according to the BBC.
Two are from St Leonards-on-Sea. 27-year-old Nathan Sinden, who is alleged to have posted Facebook messages encouraging criminal damage and burglary, has been remanded in custody. Arrested on Wednesday, he appeared before Hastings Magistrates’ Court this morning. An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill. He has been freed on police bail until August 22.
Two men from Lancashire have been charged after allegedly posting messages encouraging disorder on Facebook. 25-year-old Christopher Schofield and 19-year-old Warren Calvert have been charged with intentionally encouraging or assisting in the commission of an either way offence, believing it would be committed. Schofield was bailed to appear before Burnley Magistrates’ Court on August 15 and Calvert is due at Lancaster Magistrates’ Court on August 25.
Cheshire police say a 24-year-old man from Runcorn, a 22-year-old man from Warrington, and a 16-year-old boy from Macclesfield were also arrested on Wednesday and remanded in custody. The three will appear before magistrates today, accused of inciting public disorder through postings on Facebook and other social networks.
In Guernsey, three men were accused of misusing Facebook. They were charged and bailed for allegedly trying to use the social network to incite a riot, which is an offence under the island’s telecommunications law.
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