Home Affairs Committee says social media played a part in enabling the summer riots to take place. Recommendation came even though the committee said it would be a ‘negative’ move to turn off services. Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry say their networks were not used for ‘malicious purposes’ Committee concludes that police underestimated the magnitude of the riots and had taken too long to deploy enough officers on the street. But there needs to be a much better communications strategy between police forces, committee says, and better collaboration and communication is needed.”]