Twitter's crucial role in real-life emergency response

[Emrys]

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Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D
@RVAwonk

I spoke to @TIME about how Twitter became such a vital part of our emergency comms infrastructure — serving as a hub for witness reports, real-time updates, news-gathering, & more — and why losing such a lifeline would be so disastrous and likely deadly.

Time.com
Twitter's Power in a Crisis Won't Be Easy to Replace
If Twitter as we know it is lost, experts say a critical tool for responding to a crisis will be lost
https://time.com/6233609/uva-shooting-twitter-crisis/

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Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D
@RVAwonk

Furthermore, we’re currently dealing with multiple crises at once, thanks to the impulsive and poorly-rolled-out verification system update, which resulted in a bunch of imposter accounts with blue checkmarks. During a crisis, this could be absolutely catastrophic.

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Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D
@RVAwonk

People have used Twitter to report the 1st witness accounts of major world events, and a significant number of people use Twitter to communicate w/ emergency services when 911 call centers are overwhelmed. It’s not right that people could be cut off from that lifeline on a whim.

[intrepidity]

1. I mean....

platforms fail and new ones take their place. It's the circle of life

[Emrys]

2. So are disasters, mass shootings and wars n/t

[3Hotdogs]

3. Yes. Who remembers My Space?

Maybe the new site, Masticate, will solve the problem.

[tanyev]

4. Time for the PBS or NPR of Twitter?

[Lovie777]

5. Musk don't care ......

bottom line.

[Nictuku]

6. The vacuum will be filled