Gillian Tett - Polarisation in cyberspace tends to herald street fights

Gillian Tett made some critical observations in the FT on the role of social media. Writing here, she said:

"One small sign can be seen in the proliferation of Facebook pages in Egypt which have taken radically opposing and increasingly extremist sides. But another illustration appears in some fascinating new research by Ingmar Weber and Venkata Garimella, two data scientists at the Qatari Computing Research Institute, working in conjunction with Alaa Batayneh, a data analyst at Al Jazeera.

28 months for Facebook troll

Reece Elliott was jailed at Newcastle Crown Court for two years and four months, after admitting one count of making threats to kill on Facebook and a further eight offences under the Communications Act.

Read more in the Guardian here.