False 'Flesh Eating' Prophecy Goes Viral
âFlesh eatingâ prophecy trends on Filipino social media, thousands follow an account set up Oscar Pistoriusâs PR team and the game of Pokemon no one controls.
How panic spread on social media in the Philippines when a media report misleadingly uncovered a âflesh-eating skin diseaseâ and then linked it to an apocalyptic prophecy made by an Indian holy man.
More than 20,000 people have followed a Twitter account set up by Oscar Pistorius's PR team - just days before the start of his murder trial. But what will the implications be for the course of justice itself? Could this be the first trial by social media?
And acclaimed novelist Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials, joins twitter to tell the story of Jeffrey â a fly. He tells us why he canât kill this character off.
And whatâs the appeal of #TwitchPlaysPokemon â the game that everyone plays and no-one controls?
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