In the wake of Japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster, a handful of pranksters elected to play on fears and launch hoax tweets, fooling thousands if not millions. Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of the Pokemon, become a Trending Topic yesterday on Twitter after Twitter user @xCyrusAndLovato tweeted "The creator of Pokemon died today in the #tsunami, #Japan. RIP: Satoshi Tajiri. #prayforjapan." It turned out to be one of many online rumors, some more harmless than … [Read more...]
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7 Ways to Be a Good Twitter Citizen During a Crisis
March 13, 2011 by Monica
Filed Under: Communications, How to, Relief & Development Tagged With: #crisisdata, #SMEM, earthquake, japan, social media, tsunami, twitter