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Big business, social media companies step up and help Indians amid a record surge in coronavirus cases
Big businesses and social media companies in coronavirus-ravaged India are stepping up to help people in need, as authorities crack down on Indians using social media to ask for critical supplies.
Key points:
- A man was arrested in northern India for asking for oxygen on Twitter
- Match-making companies are pairing plasma donors with people who need treatment for COVID-19
- Websites and social media influencers are fact checking hospital bed availability and oxygen supply claims
A man in the country’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, in northern India, was arrested this week because he asked for oxygen for his father on Twitter.
He was one of thousands of people who took to social media sending SOS tweets in search of hospital…
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