January 11, 2015

#JeSuisCharlie becomes one of the most popular hashtags in Twitter's history




According to visualization tool Twitter Reverb the phrase #JeSuisCharlie has been tweeted over 5 million times.About ten hours after the attack, in which three masked gunmen opened fire in the magazine's office, the hashtag was being tweeted over 6,000 times per hour. When used the hashtag was often accompanied by illustrations by fellow cartoonists.

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