Twitter and other social media sites are sparking an international debate over whether the forums serve the public good or make it easier to incite disorder. In Mexico, before the police or news reporters had even arrived at an underpass outside Veracruz where gunmen held up traffic and dumped 35 bodies last week, Twitter users were warning others to avoid the area. In China, Sina.com is warning micro-bloggers that it will penalize them for spreading false rumors on Weibo, which is Sina’s Twitter-like social media service.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2129630/twitter-used-for-social-good-and-to-incite-disorder.html