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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTwitter Cats to the Rescue in Brussels Lockdown
The New York Times:As the hunt for terrorism suspects intensified in Brussels, the authorities requested that Belgians refrain from posting messages on Sunday that might expose or interfere with police operations.
The people of Twitter decided to respond with what will now be known as an internationally recognized symbol of solidarity: cat photos.
Steven Vandeput, Belgiums minister of defense, and the police in Brussels were probably not expecting a chorus of meows to rise from the depths of the Internet when they asked people to maintain social-media silence during the security crisis.
Gilles Bordelais
?@Gilles_PPDE
This, dear outsiders, is how we fight terrorism here. They haven't got a chance! We haz kittens! #BrusselsLockdown
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Twitter Cats to the Rescue in Brussels Lockdown (Original Post)
brooklynite
Nov 2015
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joeybee12
(56,177 posts)1. You beat me to it...more proof cats rule the universe...knr
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)2. #jesuischat is now trending in Belgium...
chalmers
(288 posts)3. I'm not sure I understand this
were people posting cat photos as a manner of compliance with the request about social media or was it done as a protest.
brooklynite
(94,596 posts)4. Perhaps it's more "we're stuck in the house with nothing to to"
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Autumn Colors This message was self-deleted by its author.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)5. #BrusselsLockdown
Miaou!