With Power of Social Media Growing, Police Now Monitoring and Criminalizing Online Speech

OnMarch 6, 2012, six British soldiers were killed in Afghanistan by aroadside explosive device, and a nationalritual of mourning and rage ensued. Prime Minister David Cameron called it a “desperately sad day for our country.” A British teenager,Azhar Ahmed, observed the reaction for two daysand then went to Facebook to angrily object that the innocent Afghans killed by British soldiers receive almost noattention from British media. Heopined that the UK’ssoldiers in Afghanistan are guilty, the...