2.  On 4th of August Mark Duggan was shot in
Tottenham by the police force.
 This caused riots that lasted for 6th until 10th of
August.
 Young people were using
BlackBerries to organize the riots.

3. How did BlackBerries helped the
London riots and why were
people using these particular
devices?
How did Blackberries help the
rioters?
How did the police and government
react to the new way of rioting?
How did the BlackBerry Company
react to the event?

4. Special untraceable coding system
Easy to use – you are connected to everything and everyone
Good for organization, spreading a news and keeping
information

5.  Worrying development for the police
 Call for shutting down the BBM from the Prime
Minister
 Objections to BBM
 5100 people arrested, 1100 in court

6.  BlackBerry: “The riots are not our fault!”
 BBM different from FB and Twitter – can’t be
monitored
 Hacker’s threat
 BBM had full cooperation with the police

7. Internet and BlackBerry in Eastern and Western
countries
New media – new way of protesting
Cheap, easy to use and targeted a big group

8. END

9. Report and presentation by
Dijana Dimitrovska and
Markus Markuszewski
Windesheim University of Applied Sciences
School of Bussines and Economics
Under the mentorship of Mr. Braam