Social Media Helps Harvey Response, But Hoaxes Are Common

Social media has become one of the main means for disaster victims to ask for help, get news, updates and official instructions. It lets friends and family know that they are OK. Conversely, the hurricane triggered its own virtual storm of fake news and hoaxes - some of them genuinely dangerous.

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