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Crisis Informatics and Social Media: Rethinking the Digital Frontier of Emergency Response Crisis informatics is a field that lives at the crossroads of technology, communication, and emergency management. At its heart lies a deceptively simple question: in the midst of a disaster, can the vast, chaotic streams of social media…
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It is the kind of story that makes you pause and wonder who to believe. Imagine a Monday night in Abuja, the city humming with the usual traffic and political chatter. Former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha is reportedly at Reiz Continental Hotel, perhaps unwinding or holding a quiet meeting. Then, according to the Nigeria Police Force, officers arrive, detain him, interrogate him for about an hour, and release him on bail. Hours later, the news breaks: Okorocha has been arrested over allegations of criminal conspiracy, forgery, and impersonation. But then comes the twist. Okorocha himself steps forward and flatly…
Late at night, a video begins to circulate. A man is pinned to the ground. Two soldiers in uniform are holding him down, and the blows are rapid, heavy, brutal. It is the kind of footage that stops you in your tracks and makes your stomach turn. The caption is just as alarming: “Protesting in Delhi has become a crime.” The post claims that the Indian Army has been deployed to suppress protests, that markets are shutting down, that protesters are being beaten in the streets, and that the violence is being carried out on the orders of Lieutenant General…
