In Veracruz, Mexico last week there was a group of masked men that held up traffic while they dumped 35 bodies in to an underpass during rush hour. Before the police or any news reports was able to get to the scene of the crime most of the city had already been informed of what was going on by twitter and facebook. Earlier the same day it had just became a crime to use twitter and facebook to undermine public order. Two individuals had been charged last month with terrorism and sabotage after some messages they had posted on twitter spreading false rumors that schools were under attack. Twitter and other social networks are not always helpful. Three young adults were found dead with notes saying how all internet snitches will be killed.
This causes social problems because people read things that are posted on social networks before they get the proper information from a real news source. People begin to panic and cause chaos and riots which result in more problems. When the parents saw tweets about schools being under attack they immediately tried to rush to the school and get their children. This caused more real accidents. Then once the news reporters got to these places everyone found out it was just a rumor, which is a waste of time because they could have been reporting some real news and informing everyone of what is really happening out in the city or world? A lot of people are being killed over social networks because of a few words which has caused even more problems in today’s society.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/world/americas/mexico-turns-to-twitter-and-facebook-for-information-and-survival.html?_r=1&ref=crimeandcriminals
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