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Bruno (2011) illustrates an example of misinformation spread through social media during the Haiti earthquake - A Twitter message stating that United Parcel Service (UPS) was providing free shipping to Haiti when the country was closed to commercial flights the days after the earthquake resulted in the company being bombarded with calls and requests they couldn’t

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