Ryan Hawker's List: Hurricane Sandy digita; citizen

Simultaneously, the Social Media Network was also under siege from pranksters who seized the opportunity to disseminate rumors, morphed images and false tweets.

Pranks encompassed tweets that stated New York Stock Exchange was submerged several feet under water, Reuters reported adding that though denials followed from the exchange, certain amount of damage was done as the tweet was re-tweeted several times and also reported on-air by CNN, followed with retraction.