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Tweeting Haiti: Understanding the Issues in Real-Time

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM (ET)

Toronto, Ontario

Tweeting Haiti: Understanding the Issues in Real-Time

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As the world tried to understand and help Haiti in the aftermath of its 7.0 earthquake, social media became a tool of mobilization and misinformation. A plane of medical supplies diverted from the Port-au-Prince was allowed to land after the US Air Force was inundated by complaints via twitter.  Yet retweets of a hoax that American Airlines had offered to fly doctors down to Haiti for free took days to be discounted.  How can we, from NGOs to people concerned, navigate such a fast-moving stream of information?

Daphnée Nostrome, Ontario Arts Council, Communications Coordinator (online) & fundraiser with #HaiHaiTO ; Jennifer Mayville, Canadian Red Cross, Communications Co-ordinator, Ontario Zone; Ken Tong, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Manager, Web Development; Piali Roy, freelance writer; Heather Leson, Crisis Camp (Haiti). The moderator is Naheed Mustafa, a freelance writer/broadcaster. Her latest article on Afghanistan is in The Walrus.

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