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Terrorist attacks on Mumbai, India, social media sites like Twitter were inundated with a huge volume of messages. More than 6 million members worldwide, an estimated 80 messages, or "tweets," were being sent to Twitter.com via SMS every five seconds. Many Twitter users also sent pleas for blood donors to make their way to specific hospitals in Mumbai where doctors were faced with low stocks and rising casualties. Others sent information about helplines and contact numbers for those who had friends and relatives caught up in the attacks. Twitter user wrote: "Mumbai is not a city under attack as much as it is a social media experiment in action." People were sending in messages about what they were hearing. There were at least five or six blogs from people who were trapped, or who were very close to what happened. Someone tweets a news headline, their friends see it and retweet, and creates a circle of endless information recycled.

Source: Busari, Stephanie (2008, November 28). Tweeting the terror: How social media reacted to Mumbai. Retrieved November 29, 2008, from www.cnn.com Web site: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/mumbai.twitter/index.html