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In the aftermath of dramatic events like Monday's bombing attack at the Boston Marathon, it's a truth of our times that millions of people will get early bits of news via social media. 在类似波士顿爆炸案这样的重大突发事件之后，数百万人会通过社交媒体获得早期报道，这是我们时代的事实。 To be sure, sites like Twitter and Facebook were used extensively by police, relief groups and governments to share important information about the bombings. But there's also a more unfortunate side to how the Web responds to sudden bad news. 诚然，警方、救援团体、政府在分享有关爆炸的重要信息方面大量使用twitter和facebook这样的社交网站，但网络在应对突发坏消息方面还有更不幸的一面。 Sometimes accidentally and sometimes maliciously, false information gets loose. And in the rapid-fire digital echo chamber, it doesn't take long to spread. 有些出于无心，有些则是故意，假消息不断涌现，而在当今时代，这些不实信息会迅速扩散传播。 "On days like this, Twitter shows its best & worst: loads of info at huge speed, but often false & sometimes deliberately so," said Mark Blank-Settle, of the BBC College of Journalism, in a post on the site. “在发生这样重大事件的日子，推特展现了它最好和最坏的一面：信息得以快速传播，但经常有假消息还是故意散播开的”，BBC资讯学院的马克在网上一篇报道中这样说道。 | 
