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Fans logged on to Youtube.com to watch the tribute dance by inmates of Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Philippines. The 1,500 inmates had originally danced to Thriller in 2007,making it one of the most popular videos of all time. Soon after news of Jacksons death came in,the inmates rose again for a nine-hour rehearsal for a final homage to the King of Pop. The new video has already surpassed the originals 24.3 million hits.

Wikipedia debated over which media outlet to trust and whether to run the news of Jacksons death on their site. Users and contributors of the online reference site battled back and forth,editing Jacksons entry to reflect that he had died or that he was still fighting for his life. Administrators eventually locked down the page till the death was officially confirmed.

Mischief makers used Jacksons death to infiltrate into computer systems. Approximately eight hours after Jacksons death,SophosLabs,a global IT security and control firm,witnessed the first wave of spam messages that took advantage of the breaking news in the subject line and body of the email.