The Role of Social Networking

There have been many comments and theories about role that social networking had in the riots and their aftermath. Here are some links that take a variety of viewpoints.
The Guardian reports on David Cameron's speech to Parliament in response to the riots, where he calls for a clampdown on social media sites.
In contrast, this article from 'The E word' reports how the Manchester Police used Twitter and Facebook to their advantage during the course of the unrest. This report, also in The Guardian tells the story of a 21 year old club DJ who cycled for hours around Bristol giving up to date and accurate information about the riots in his home city. Also on the BBC website is an article about Andrew Bayles' photograph of the 'Broom Army' volunteers who cleaned up after the riots.
The story of 89 year old barber Aaron Biber and the money raised to help him after his shop was trashed, is told on the blog 'Keep Aaron Cutting'.
DeLoot London is a website set up to encourage people to shop at and support those independent shops that were looted during the riots.