‘What is EU’ among British Google searches after vote
Posted June 24, 2016 1:41 pm.
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The United Kingdom’s historic vote to exit the European Union is dominating the conversation online as well as global headlines.
Google Trends is reporting that one of the top questions asked by UK users since the Brexit referendum results were released is “what is the EU?”
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Google also reports spiking searches in the United Kingdom for “getting an Irish passport” and “move to Gibraltar,” the British territory on the south coast of Spain.
Search interest in the British pound is at its highest level ever.
Twitter says some 6.4-million tweets were sent in the UK from the opening of polls Thursday through British Prime Minister David Cameron’s resignation speech Friday.