FOCUS Social media a curse and a blessing in Munich shootingMUNICH, Germany: Social networks were both a curse and a blessing in the deadly shopping mall shooting in Munich, as police sometimes found themselves chasing fictitious leads and false alarms. Nevertheless, the social networks provided a valuable source of information and solidarity for the city’s frightened population during the long lockdown while the incident was going on. “I will give you whatever you want, for not a lot of money,” the online invite read, according to German media reports. “We’re working as fast as we can to apprehend the attackers,” they tweeted in German, English and French. Another headache for police were eye-witness accounts, photos and videos that were rapidly being uploaded onto the web.

Source: Manila Times July 24, 2016 04:52 UTC