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YouTube Launches Person Finder for Japanese Earthquake Victims

by Abby Seiff on March 21, 2011 at 10:05 AM

With Japan still reeling from the recent tsunami and earthquakes, social media continues to play an invaluable role. The latest comes in the form of the YouTube Person Finder, a channel that aggregates videos posted by disaster victims, and allows them to pass along messages to their loved ones.

Currently, the channel hosts only a few dozen videos taken at shelters and shot by the Japanese station TBS; in the future, though, individuals will be able to upload their own messages. Those looking for loved ones can search by name, hometown or shelter. Like Google's Person Finder, it's a relatively simple creation with potentially massive implications for those involved.

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