With such numbers, it is difficult to determine the legitimacy of facts that are distributed through the social media site.

Although Twitter is one of the loudest and fastest ways of spreading a word, not everything shared can be trusted to be authentic.

News, stories, even facts are being fabricated every day. An example of such a fabricated story that had Twitter users furious with that account holder is the story behind the Hashtag #MissingNada. A Twitter user that holds the account @slman_52 tweeted that his daughter “Nada” has been missing for four days and was most probably kidnapped by the driver.

He attached a picture of the child and a phone number to contact him. The tweet went viral, and was retweeted hundreds of times, and prayers for Nada and her family started filling up timelines.

“Dear god, ease our way to finding nada and help her family through this time,” tweeted @abof1987.

Within a matter of minutes, tweeters started questioning the genuineness of the story, some tried calling the phone number but did not get a response, while some found the phone was shut. Others tried contacting the tweeter for more information but he did not reply to any of them. After a while, the story was labeled as a complete sham.

“No family name, no picture of the driver, no security report, no location, not even the driver’s residence number, obviously it’s a rumor!” tweeted @eMusaed.

Anger and disappointment tinged several tweets when, they revealed the inauthenticity of the plea for help. “This despicable man used the girl’s image and manipulated your good nature” stated a tweeter.

“Our society loves the good and is always seeking to do good,” tweeted @s_alomayrah.

“Passion overcomes us but such rumors leads to big disappointment,” “Can’t believe this missing girl story is a scam! We have officially hit rock bottom as a society!” one woman tweeted from Riyadh.

Twitter gave our society power to voice their views and share news that they think is important to share. However, we should not underestimate this power and realize its responsibility.

As one tweeter pointed out, “The fact that we so easily believed him isn’t the problem, nor the fact that he lied. The problem is the image of the young girl that was spread on this public domain!”