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April 24, 2013

Reddit Apologizes for Wrongly Naming Suspects 
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The social media website Reddit has apologized after its online forums
were used to falsely accuse innocent people of carrying out the Boston
Marathon bombings. Rumors quickly spread across the Internet last week
that one of the Boston suspects was Sunil Tripathi, a student who went
missing while on leave from Brown University. Reddit users had started
the rumors after posting photos they claimed matched that of one of the
Boston suspects. Reddit says it has expressed its regret to the
student's family. Earlier today Rhode Island police said they have
pulled a dead body from the Providence River that may be Tripathi's.

 

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