Social media. A mixed blessing, at best. Up-to-the-minute news … up-to-minute bad information. A social-media-driven rumor of a 9.99-magnitude earthquake, hitting the UAE between April 25 to April 30 apparently was taken as truth by some nervous people here. To the point that The National did a story to knock down the rumor.
The (Bogus) Big One in the UAE
April 25th, 2013 · No Comments · Abu Dhabi, Dubai, UAE
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