PR in High Definition

APRIL 25, 2018

There’s no doubt that the recent revelations surrounding Facebook and Cambridge Analytica have brought the notion of personal privacy under even greater scrutiny. Do the same privacy rules apply? For many companies, this notion of privacy may not just be a personal matter but also a business one. Assess the risks.

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PR in High Definition

APRIL 25, 2018

There’s no doubt that the recent revelations surrounding Facebook and Cambridge Analytica have brought the notion of personal privacy under even greater scrutiny. Do the same privacy rules apply? For many companies, this notion of privacy may not just be a personal matter but also a business one. Assess the risks.

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Axia PR

MARCH 27, 2018

Facebook has received its fair share of negative news coverage in the past; however, it’s nothing like the current firestorm around it and the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. Is a crisis an operations problem or a public relations problem?

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Facebook Privacy Analytics Crisis 54

Solo PR Pro

JUNE 5, 2018

The long-running #solopr Twitter chat is a popular chat for independent and small business pros in public relations, communications, social media and related fields. Q3: In wake of GDPR, are your clients having more discussions about data and privacy? Q4: Are your clients still using Facebook for business? Here’s how.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 21, 2018

Privacy regulations. The GDPR privacy rule officially blazed into our lives in May. And it won’t be the last data protection or privacy regulation we’ll see. In July, the state of California passed its own data privacy regulations called CCPA , and other states are sure to follow. 5 tech PR trends.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 3, 2019

To compound matters, Apple started 2019 with another type of stumble – in data privacy, where it has worked hard to build a reputation as a champion for consumers while Facebook suffers one scandal another over its handling of user data. appeared first on Crenshaw Communications. The post Has Apple Lost Its PR Magic?

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Today I share Deborah Weinstein’s answers to questions about the challenges confronting social media marketing and digital communications. Is Facebook still a good place to invest in social media marketing? And Facebook, long the Goliath in the social world may be cruising for a bruising. What comes after social media?

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 1, 2021

It sets out the urgent need for organisations to act on issues related to CDR and provides a framework to support leaders with planning and communication. For example, Facebook is under investigation for an alleged breach of EU privacy laws after the personal information of 533 million users was shared online.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 11, 2022

Between cookies going away; the sector’s identity crisis; new privacy regulations; the rise of connected TV (CTV) and more, there’s plenty to discuss and lots of predictions to be made. The post Top Adtech Conferences For PR Exposure appeared first on Crenshaw Communications.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 15, 2018

A crisis situation presents abundant challenges for public relations and business leaders, not the least of which are the critical first communications. Facebook dodges blame. Facebook’s response to the recent data privacy controversy was immediate – so immediate that it happened the day before the scandal broke.

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

And, I’m sure we’ll see tons of posts this week about how Ello is going to be the next Facebook. Through all this testing and “early adopting” (although, to Jeremy Pepper’s point , testing new platforms is something you owe to your clients), Ello isn’t going to be the new Facebook.

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Rock the Status Quo

MARCH 30, 2015

View image | gettyimages.com Media coverage abounds related to last week’s 2015 F8 Developer Conference – an event for app developers put on by Facebook. Facebook native video. PLUS Facebook reach (minimal as it might be). PLUS Facebook reach (minimal as it might be). Read on for the dets!

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Communications Conversations

MAY 21, 2019

I’m not breaking news by saying Facebook hasn’t had the best year. Privacy concerns. And, rumors that more people are leaving Facebook every day. As a result, many pundits in our industry are predicting the end of Facebook– some (former founders) are even calling for it to be broken apart! 2 – 1.56

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Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Digital communication has become a war zone. Even the language that we’ve adopted to describe modern corporate communication has military overtones such as disintermediation, rebuttal, hyper targeting and media weaponisation. We’re only starting to understand the impact of technology platforms such as Google and Facebook on society.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2023

I’ve been writing this monthly column about PR technology companies for nearly five years – and I’m still continuously reminded that while these companies make software for communicators, they are not typically communication experts. PR Newswire teamed up with AKA Partners , a “video-first marketing communications” agency.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

JANUARY 18, 2022

Back in 2014, I made a comment on Facebook about the movie Dear White People. But I do believe LinkedIn is important, and it may be beneficial for me to have at least one of the big accounts (Twitter, Facebook) for professional use. A Guest Post By Keke Ellis, American University Grad Student, FEEL Blog Post Winner. That inspires me.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 23, 2022

2 – Using social listening to listen to more than just Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Not surprisingly, brands are listening on the big four platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. First, Facebook is a closed social media environment, so I’m not sure how effective any listening effort is there.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 6, 2018

The online communications revolution has unleashed a Pandora’s box of disturbing problems that threaten privacy, democracy — even the concept of objective truth. Facebook & Twitter. For well over a year, Facebook has been trying various tools to curb the spread of misinformation. Government regulation?

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Ethical Voices

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The most important ethics priority for healthcare communicators. If that patient is a celebrity, if that patient is someone who is an elected official, it is our responsibility to maintain their privacy. When we cannot provide your information to journalists because it is a privacy violation. You’re in healthcare.

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Agility PR Solutions

JULY 8, 2018

New privacy, transparency and data-protection research from marketing automation tech firm Sailthru and SHIFT Communications highlights Americans’ frustration with brand transparency—and indicates a strong desire for government regulation on how companies collect and use personal information.

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PR in High Definition

JUNE 20, 2019

So the next time the data privacy demons are whispering in your ear, threatening to expose all those times you asked Alexa to play the Vengaboys, make sure you grab your Jumbo app to safeguard your guilty pleasures (and the other important data too). The post Tool of the Month: Jumbo appeared first on Firefly Communications.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 5, 2019

Facebook privacy, improving your media relations game, report on organic engagement, Comms School on content, and Metia recruitment drive. Facebook privacy isn’t necessarily a good thing Facebook’s big play at its F8 developer conference this year was privacy. Wedding preparations are in the final stages.

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Stephen Waddington

MARCH 29, 2020

My wife shared a post on Facebook with me last night. Privacy cedes to massive tech onboarding The last two weeks have seen a massive technology onboarding across society. Privacy concerns have evaporated. Work has gone virtual and in our personal lives people have sought to connect by building virtual communities.

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Critical Mention

APRIL 17, 2019

With the data privacy scandal that rocked Facebook in 2018, transparency became a critical social media trend this year. Major networks such as Facebook or Instagram have already launched a new feature that comes in the form of private and closed groups. Transparency. Closed groups. Conversational commerce. Organize quizzes.

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PR in High Definition

MAY 26, 2020

Zoom has been a go-to platform for many despite the security and privacy concerns, but the big tech firms have finally arrived with their products to take on Zoom. Meanwhile, Facebook is launching Messenger Rooms where you can chat in groups of up to 50. And that’s not all Facebook has been up to. Read more about it on Reuters.

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Communications Conversations

JULY 14, 2020

Another recent example: Facebook. I mean, how many times has a Facebook rep testified before Congress recently? Sure, a lot of that is about data and privacy, but an under-current to the whole thing is people wanting more transparency from these big tech firms like Facebook. Next, trust.

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

For as long as “social media marketing” has been around, Facebook has held the title of most brands’ social media home base. That is, Facebook is the place where they spend the most time, resources and money. The only other platform not named Facebook to do it. Mostly, for privacy issues. 71% of U.S.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2018

In a nutshell, issues have surfaced over the past couple of years (related to fake news, online manipulation, growing privacy concerns as examples) that I believe drive the need to take stock and possibly reevaluate digital strategies. Instagram is all about dazzling images and stories and Facebook is increasingly about video storytelling.

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PR in High Definition

AUGUST 25, 2021

Talking entertainment, TikTok has officially been heralded the world’s most downloaded app in 2020 as it beat out the other top four apps, all owned by Facebook. One company also making headlines around privacy concerns is Apple. The post Our favourite tech stories from August appeared first on Firefly Communications.

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The Power of Finding New Ways To Communicate The Same Important Message. Analyzing the CDC’s Crisis Communication In U.S. TCIP #017 – Exploring Garden Grove Fire Department’s Social Media and Electronic Communication in Crisis with Thanh Nguyen. Is government paying enough attention to privacy in its mobile apps?

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PR in High Definition

MARCH 21, 2018

Facebook (and many of the social networks) have already been putting greater transparency measures in place in the recent waves of scrutiny and interest. For example, Facebook discussed openly how it deals with abuse and radicalisation , and Canada allowed consumers to see what ads a company is running at any one time.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

But what if you could connect with your doctor using social media ; asking for advice via a quick Twitter or Facebook message? As a parent you feel relieved, empowered and thankful to have a doctor that is open to communicating with her patients online , instead of feeling left to blindly search on WebMD.com.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This will be great to quickly identify whether your posts violate any of the Instagram rules or privacy concerns with a yellow alert in the dashboard – a good move from Instagram in our eyes. Facebook threatens to pull news. Six Tips To Get Better Investment On Your Facebook Ads.

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PR in High Definition

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

As a result, people are slowly starting to take privacy more seriously and one consequence of this is that there has been a slow erosion in the number of consumers using the major social and browsing platforms like Facebook and services from the likes of Google. Find a new home for the Brave appeared first on Firefly Communications.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Recent updates to Facebook Messenger and Twitter DMs have renewed interest in social chat for customer communication, yet this is a medium that has been productive for communications professionals for quite some time. Facebook Messenger. It turns out that it was a shrewd move on Facebook’s part.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

I’m not talking about a social media upvote or a Facebook “like.” Divided government, privacy breaches, corporate scandals — amplified by the relentless news cycle, they erode public trust in institutions and brands. Turning customers into fans. One diehard fan is worth a thousand casual ones.

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Here’s a question for PR and marketing pros: Which was the most significant corporate communications cri sis recently ? Facebook page ) and. Needless to say, that message was shared widely across Facebook. One defender of the gym owner protested: "it was never intended to be posted to Facebook or go ‘viral.’"

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