David Cameron

The first day of a global summit aimed at addressing cyber-security threats and setting up the "rules of the road" for the internet saw Western nations, particularly the UK, facing charges of hypocrisy.The conference is being attended by global leaders from the internet and business worlds and delegates ...

BlackBerry maker, Research In Motion (RIM) announced that should the UK government ask, it would, in times of civil strife, shut down its "encrypted" BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service.The statement was made by RIM executive Stephen Bates before a UK parliamentary committee tasked with investigating whether or not BBM played ...

Following statements by UK Prime Minister David Cameron, in the wake of riots which rocked England, suggesting that social networking sites and services should possibly be shut down in times of civil unrest, representatives from Facebook, Research In Motion, and Twitter are today set to meet government officials. Though Cameron's ...

Twitter, Facebook and BlackBerry have responded to suggestions by British Prime Minister David Cameron that police and intelligence services should be empowered to shut their services down in times of national emergency.Speaking before an emergency sitting of parliament, the first since violent riots broke out across English cities, David ...