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VTech shooting victims names were on Facebook before official release


The April 2007 Virginia Tech school shooting sparked a frenzied online exchange on social networks, as groups tried to determine who was safe and who had been hurt or killed. The speed and accuracy with which the victims were identified was surprising, says researcher Jeannette Sutton. What's more, "crowd-sourced" information can be credible, she says.

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