Willow Knight
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LE has been outspoken on the harm social media has done to this case,
Rumors on social media are derailing search for missing Summer Wells, officials say
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“We want to urge you only to share information from official sources,” Leslie Earhart with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) said in an update Thursday. “The misinformation and speculation simply don’t help the case. Our teams continue to sift through hundreds of tips and it turns out most of them are rooted in rumors and bad information spread on social media.”
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Powerful read. Especially this:
We want to urge you only to share information from official sources,” Leslie Earhart with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI)
“The misinformation and speculation simply don’t help the case. Our teams continue to sift through hundreds of tips and it turns out most of them are rooted in rumors and bad information spread on social media.”
Rumors on social media are derailing search for missing Summer Wells, officials say
I just want to add that I don't consider this site to be social media. I could be wrong but I think more of FB and YT as social media.