Of Tech, Riots, and Privacy
Social networking devices seem to play a significant role in facilitating an easy way for strangers to come together for the purpose of organizing a protest. As so many protests around the world have been transformed into more aggressive outbreaks of violence and rioting, several questions and concerns now revolve around these modern social networking vehicles. Mob Robs During Riots There's a hot new trend in civil unrest, called Mob Robs, when a mob of people swarm into a store and take everything in sight. The store workers become completely overwhelmed and can do nothing to stop it. A typical Mob Rob: These mob robs sound frightening similar to the food riots happening around the world. And the really disturbing part is that they're happening more and more frequently... Teenage 'flash mob' robberies on the rise in the U.S. The Herald June 19, 2011 — The same technologies that for years have brought together the mostly benign and goofy "flash mob...