Time magazine names Trump, 8-year-old Syrian girl most influential people on the internet
US President Donald Trump and an eight-year-old refugee from Syria, Bana Alabed, have been named by the Time Magazine among the most influential people online, RT reports.
With his legendary tweets, the 45th U.S. president made it to the "unranked" list along with 24 other cyber celebrities with powerful presence on social media and ability to make headlines.
Trump has been famously using Twitter to push his policies and to rail against his enemies and critics.
Also making the list is Bana Alabed, a now 8-year-old girl from Syria, whose pinned tweet from December 2016 said she was "talking to the world live" from East Aleppo, then held by both opposition groups and terrorists. "This is my last moment to either live or die," the post claimed. Hundreds more followed.
Helped by her mother Fatemah, who manages the @AlabedBana Twitter account, Bana Alabed uploaded pictures and videos of life amidst the Syrian war, gaining around 365,000 followers on the micro-blogging site since last September, as reported by Reuters.
Last December, Bana, who was seven at the time, and her family were evacuated safely from the rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo to Turkey.
Other people on this year's list included British author J.K. Rowling, pop singer Rihanna, celebrity Kim Kardashian, and the others.