Laia & Nika Public Relations Show – Can we feel safe on Twitter?

 

In the first edition of Laia & Nika Public Relations show we discuss recent major hacking incident that struck Twitter. Besides telling you what actually happened, whose fault it was and whose wasn’t, we take a deeper look into what theory suggests for such crises. If you’re interested in what we concluded hurry up, click on the link and learn something new and fun! 

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Picture:https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/our-research/tweet-first-verify-later-how-real-time-information-changing-coverage-worldwide-crisis