MODDING: blogs

The UK’s Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been commenting on alleged police brutality during protests at the recent G20 conference in London. The head of the IPCC has apparently said that “the widespread use of mobile phones by protesters to take photographs and video footage of the clashes was providing invaluable evidence” in investigating three separate incidents including one death. Many worry about intrusive surveillance putting too much power in the hands of authorities, but perhaps cameraphones are turning the tables?

Whiling away a slow news Sunday, I thought I’d take a moment to round up the Twitter addresses of the AAS team, should you want to follow our ad-hoc notices and thoughts in almost-real-time. I’m stevelitchfield, there’s also rafeblandford, ewanspence, Richard_Bloor and (now that he’s started to write here occasionally) whatleydude. Plus, of course, aas, an official AAS account. Phew.