FEMA battles online misinformation with 'rumor control'
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency has set up a "rumor control" section on its website to counter misinformation on social networks that has affected relief efforts after Hurricane Sandy.
"Fema.gov/sandy now has a RUMOR CONTROL section for misinformation," FEMA said in a Twitter message on Saturday.
The move by FEMA reflects the continuing spread of rumors on social networks in the wake of the hurricane.
"There is a lot of misinformation circulating on social networks. Check here for an on-going list of rumors and their true or false status," the agency said on its website, which on Saturday warned people for example about recent blog posts and social media traffic that claimed that FEMA is out of bottled water.
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