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In a remarkable – if not bizarre – twist to the Olympic Story, Amateur Photographer reports that it will be against Olympic rules to tweet, share on Facebook or in any way share your photos of the event.

Quite how this will be policed is beyond comprehension and one would hope police officers are not going to be expected to pursue anyone seen posting photos on Instagram.

The London 2012 conditions state: “Images, video and sound recordings of the Games taken by a Ticket Holder cannot be used for any purpose other than for private and domestic purposes and a Ticket Holder may not license, broadcast or publish video and/or sound recordings, including on social networking websites and the internet more generally, and may not exploit images, video and/or sound recordings for commercial purposes under any circumstances, whether on the internet or otherwise, or make them available to third parties for commercial purposes.”

Coming after moves to restrict public demonstrations, photographers being interrogated on public footpaths and concern around heavy-handed commercial restrictions on what logos you can wear inside the Olympic village, this is yet another worrying development.

Rather than being the celebration organisers promised, London 2012 is rapidly risking becoming one of the most intimidating and restrictive events seen for decades. We’ll be writing to the Organising Committee and the Secretary of State to ask for confirmation that no action will be taken against someone simply sharing photos of the events they attend on social media.

Perhaps it’s all a secret marketing ploy to boost sales of [Nineteen Eighty Four]. It was set in London, after all.

Yawn. Yet another attempt to censor the web and the population of this country. How, I wonder, are police meant to enforce this? If the thousands of people who will be spectating at the games (many of whom will not be citizens of the UK) decide to share their photos and videos on Facebook, YouTube and other social media, what are the police meant to do? Much like the idea of giving GCHQ realtime access to your email account, it seems to be yet another draconian and highly unworkable policy.

To paraphrase John Cleese: “I do like this government, it is scratched.”

So can we have a new one, please?