Social media firms are accused of stoking the disorder in the UK but have not commented on it. Why?
For days, similar scenes have played out across England and parts of Northern Ireland - unrest, communities in fear, a huge police presence, with the flames being fanned by social media.
"I think it is horrendous they are not taking more ownership of what is happening", says Baroness Martha Lane Fox, one of the leading lights in the UK tech scene."Generally, they don’t like getting involved in politics - it doesn’t serve them well", she told the BBC. A well-placed source at Snapchat told BBC News the company remained in close contact with the regulator, Ofcom, and the UK government.was spread online after starting life on the messaging app. The Law Society of England and Wales said it treated the list as a "very credible threat" to its members.
"I think they fear alienating portions of their user base or becoming entangled in regulatory battles.""By remaining silent, they hope the public attention will shift elsewhere, and they can avoid direct responsibility," he added. Media analyst Hanna Kahlert at Midia Research suggested they did not want to say things in public they could for fear of being held to those comments at a later date.
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