Turning off Social Media during unrest won't have the desired effect: people will use their cellphones instead. Turn those off too, and they'll start distributing underground papers (like in WW2). Or maybe they'll just use their voices to shout out.
The only thing that really helps to control the crowds is spraying Soma gas on them during times of unrest. Or maybe mix Soma in the tap water.
However the speed of the organization of "events" is reduced from near instantaneous to days or weeks. It's the speed of the message delivery system that makes it attractive, and it's most exploitable resources.
The only thing that really helps to control the crowds is spraying Soma gas on them during times of unrest. Or maybe mix Soma in the tap water.