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Some ofcls are trying to combat the #disinformation themselves on social media. Katie Keaotamai, who works at #FEMA but said she was speaking on social media in a personal capacity, explained FEMA's disaster response processes in several TikTok posts w/thousands of views.

Disaster events are often politicized, said Kate Starbird, co-founder of the Center for an #InformedPublic at the U of WA, adding that social media rewards "sensationalism & outrage w/attention."