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Bulletin of Methodological Sociology / Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique 115, 1 (2012) 5-20

Social Media Censorship in Times of Political Unrest - A Social Simulation Experiment with the UK Riots

Antonio A. Casilli 1, 2, Paola Tubaro 3, 4

(04/07/2012)

Following the 2011 wave of political unrest, extending from the Arab Spring to the UK riots, the formation of a large consensus around Internet censorship is underway. The present paper adopts a social simulation approach to show that the decision to "regulate", filter or censor social media in situations of unrest changes the pattern of civil protest and ultimately results in higher levels of violence. Building on Epstein's (2002) agent-based model, several alternative scenarios are generated. The systemic optimum, represented by complete absence of censorship, not only corresponds to lower levels of violence over time, but allows for significant periods of social peace after each outburst.

1 :	Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l'Information [Paris] (LTCI)
	Télécom ParisTech – CNRS : UMR5141
2 :	Centre Edgar Morin/Equipe IIAC (CEM-IIAC)
	École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales [EHESS] – CNRS : UMR8177
3 :	Department of International Business and Economics
	University of Greenwich
4 :	Centre Maurice Halbwachs (CMH)
	CNRS : UMR8097 – Université de Caen Basse-Normandie – Ecole normale supérieure de Paris - ENS Paris – École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales [EHESS]

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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie

Mots Clés : UK Civil Violence – Internet Censorship – Agent-based Modelling – Social Simulation – Social Media – Flash Mobs

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