Time Magazine is reporting that the Mexican government is considering a crackdown on the use of Facebook and Twitter to combat drug cartels using them.

The magazine reported that Mexican drug cartels appear to have adopted the use of the two social media networks to avoid military raids and police checkpoints.

Time reported that Facebook has been on the radar of government officials who believe that it has been used to facilitate the abduction of the relatives of powerful businessmen and politicians.

The magazine reported that kidnappers allegedly using the social networking site to discover the identities of a high-profile person's family members.

Time reported that ordinary citizens have been using Twitter to alert each other to the locations of drunk-driving, breathalyzer checkpoints via @antiaa_df.

The magazine reports that the Mexican government is now furious that drug dealers are