Social media's reliability in emergencies questioned after Twitter change hampers DriveBC
DriveBC says it exceeded temporary post rate limit while trying to tweet essential wildfire road information
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/twitter-policy-change-hampers-drivebc-1.6894793
When Brandon Broderick was ordered to evacuate f. his home B.C. social media became an important way to get updates
A popular route advisory Twitter feed run by B.C.'s Ministry of Transportation unexpectedly found itself blocked f. posting route updates to Twitter
#Twitter
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