Earlier this week, Home Secretary Theresa May met police and executives from social media networks to see how they could help prevent them being used for criminal behaviour.
But the Government did not seek any additional powers to close down networks such as BlackBerry Messenger, Facebook or Twitter, the Home Office said.
The likes of BlackBerry Messenger - a service which allows users to send free-of-charge real-time messages - enabled yobs to organise their movements during the widespread looting and vandalism across England a fortnight ago.
Last night Dr Schmidt delivered the keynote MacTaggart Lecture and called for a return to a "Victorian" approach bringing "art and science back together".
The IT boss said the UK has seen "a drift to the humanities" and people are divided into boffins and luvvies.
He said he was "flabbergasted" that computer science was not taught as standard in UK schools, adding: "Your IT curriculum focuses on teaching how to use software, but gives no insight into how it's made. That is just throwing away your great computing heritage."
Dr Schmidt became the first non-broadcaster to give the landmark lecture, which is dedicated to the memory of actor and producer James MacTaggart.
In the past it has been delivered by some of the biggest names in broadcasting including Jeremy Paxman, Ted Turner, Rupert Murdoch and his son James.
The festival runs until tomorrow.
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