Social media is increasingly becoming an important tool for emergency management and response.
![Social media activity flares up in areas affected by disasters, often reaching up to thousands of postings and hundreds of photos per minute, writes Castillo [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/20141130144435467734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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Telling apart digital fortunetelling and science will never be easy.
!["The octopus chose the box of food with the 'correct' flag with 100 percent success rate on the seven matches that Germany played, something that has a 1 in 128 chance of happening by accident," writes Carlos Castillo [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2013103155251382580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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Social media is increasingly becoming an important tool for emergency management and response.
Telling apart digital fortunetelling and science will never be easy.
