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Clueless British Police Suggest Twitter Require Real Names
Adrian Chen · 08/26/11 11:42AMScotland Yard Arrested a 70-Year-Old for Looting
Jeff Neumann · 08/22/11 07:31AMOver 1,000 Charged in Riots Investigation
Jeff Neumann · 08/17/11 06:38AMThe Volunteer Army Staging a Post-Riot 'Urban Intervention'
Remy Stern · 08/12/11 05:38PMRacist Skinheads Banned from Staging Skinhead Riot
Jeff Neumann · 08/12/11 07:36AMNationwide civil unrest hasn't come full circle until racist fringe groups come out to point fingers and promote xenophobic vigilantism. And that's where the English Defence League comes in! The group was all set to march on the streets of Telford this weekend in order "to address the threat posed by Muslim child-grooming gangs." Oh, but the British Home Secretary Theresa May today said, "It is clear that a ban is needed to ensure communities and property are protected."
Nearly 600 People Charged in Riots Crackdown
Jeff Neumann · 08/12/11 04:17AMBritish Call Facebook, Twitter, BlackBerry on the Carpet
Ryan Tate · 08/11/11 05:07PMThe British Home Secretary will meet with the companies behind Twitter and BlackBerry to discuss whether they can help curb the nation's riots. It was only a few months ago that cracking down on social networks was considered the province of despots. Now the British government is making it sound like an essential step for safety.
British College Kid Gets 6 Months in Prison for Looting $5 Worth of Bottled Water
Adrian Chen · 08/11/11 12:58PMBritish Police Plan a 'Fightback' as Three More Die in Riots
Adrian Chen · 08/10/11 10:36AMIran Wants Security Council Action Over Britain's Riot Response
Jeff Neumann · 08/10/11 07:16AMIranian government officials are loving the riots in Britain. In a flurry of statements over the last couple of days, lawmakers have attacked the police response and said they'd like to send human rights observers to London to keep an eye on events there. Iran's Majlis are even thinking about closing the British embassy in Tehran.
Internet Dragnet Hunts London Hooligans
Ryan Tate · 08/09/11 07:27PMBritish Looters Are Now a Meme
Adrian Chen · 08/09/11 06:49PMThis Is What London Looked Like Today
Leah Beckmann · 08/09/11 05:24PMAs looting and rioting continues across London for a fourth evening, residents are steeling themselves for another night of mayhem. Here's what parts of the city looked like before nightfall, as officers battled rioters, fires continued to burn, and optimistic store owners began the cleanup process.
Apple Locks Down Its Supremely Lootable British Stores
Adrian Chen · 08/09/11 02:28PMUncouth British Rioters Don't Appreciate the Working Press
Hamilton Nolan · 08/09/11 01:57PMThe London Riots Spread Across the Country
Adrian Chen · 08/09/11 12:42PMSales of Baseball Bats on Amazon Increase by 5,000% in England
Adrian Chen · 08/09/11 11:35AMBlackberry Hacked for Cooperating with London Police
Adrian Chen · 08/09/11 09:52AMThe London riots are being blamed in part on the encrypted Blackberry Messenger service British youth are using to communicate. Blackberry manufacturer RIM has pledged to cooperate with the police. Now hackers have hit back, and are threatening to release sensitive information if RIM gives up rioters' Blackberry info.
Michelin-Starred Restaurant Staff Scare Looters, Share Booze
Jeff Neumann · 08/09/11 06:47AMThe staff at The Ledbury, a 2 Michelin Star restaurant in London's Notting Hill, deserve some recognition for two separate acts of heroism during London's riots. A food blogger named Louise Yang wrote about an encounter at the restaurant where looters stormed in and began robbing patrons "around the fourth dish of the tasting course." Yang had a ring taken. Then the staff stepped in: