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The article looks at the potential effect of social media on securities trading, reporting on the April 2013 temporary stock market crash following a fake news report of explosions injuring U.S. President Barack Obama which was issued by hackers on the microblogging service Twitter.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Economist Vol. 407; no. 8833; p. 68
Format:	Article
Published:	Economist Newspaper Limited 4/27/2013
Subjects:	Twitter (Web resource) Securities trading Computer hacking
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article looks at the potential effect of social media on securities trading, reporting on the April 2013 temporary stock market crash following a fake news report of explosions injuring U.S. President Barack Obama which was issued by hackers on the microblogging service Twitter.