Editing Flash mob (section)

== Legality ==
The city of [[Braunschweig]] (Brunswick), Germany, has stopped flash mobs by strictly enforcing the already existing law of requiring a permit to use any public space for an event.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thelocal.de/society/20090728-20875.html|title=Flash mobs banned in Braunschweig|date=July 28, 2009 | publisher=The Local Europe|access-date=December 30, 2010}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, a number of flash mobs have been stopped over concerns for public health and safety.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-world/2008/05/19/videos-police-step-in-to-prevent-facebook-flash-mob-events-115875-20423056/|title=Videos: Police step in to prevent Facebook flash mob events|author=Robert Leigh|work=Daily Mirror |date=May 19, 2008|access-date=December 30, 2010}}</ref> The [[British Transport Police]] have urged flash mob organizers to "refrain from holding such events at railway stations".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7913034.stm|title=Rail police criticise flash mobs|work=BBC News| date=February 26, 2009|access-date=December 30, 2010}}</ref>