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Facebook And The Perils Of Opposition PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

But one detail that interested communicators was that it brought on PR agency Definers Public Affairs to run political-style oppo against competitors like Google and Apple. On a content site created by the agency it accused Google of unsavory business practices and noted that Apple collects personal data of users.

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We Must Confront the Uncomfortable Truths – Roger Bolton

Ethical Voices

Yeah, I couldn’t hack the math, but I ended up being assistant secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs and the chief spokesman for U.S. We need to be focused on transparency, fighting misinformation and disinformation, and be really respectful of privacy. What about in terms of privacy? But you know what?

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Controlled Chaos: 86 Comms Pros Explain How Communications Work Has Changed

Sword and the Script

I have to use Teams, Wrike, Kapost, Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Data Studio, Sharepoint, Salesforce, Oktopost and Slack to communicate with clients and teams. It’s expanded to include public affairs and government relations as the norm.”. Adherence to privacy regulations.”. More channels. Expanded duties.

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Ethical Issues in Merging the Science and Art of Public Relations: Aaron Kwittken

Ethical Voices

I started in Washington DC in Public Affairs and Crisis Management. And I worry that certain tech platforms are going to be data mining in ways that we’re not necessarily aware of. They’re going to take data, either a narrative that worked or didn’t work, and then use it to automatically pitch reporters.

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PR software vendors are starting to talk security in generative AI pitches [PR Tech Sum No. 46]

Sword and the Script

Once the initial shock of ChatGPT wore off in PR community, some of the more nefarious use cases came to light: Generative AI could be used to pump out false information; Legal issues about training data and copyrights emerged; and Generative AI sometimes just “hallucinates” – it make up answers. One new product for Cision. Reporting threads.

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International Conference Preview: Frank X. Shaw Talks Diversity, Disruption and 10 Years at Microsoft

PRSay

I worked for my school newspaper, and when I joined the Marines I was a public affairs officer. As a public affairs officer, you’re working to make sure that people understand the implications of the decisions that they’re making. I did think about whether I would be a journalist or an editor. We ran a base newspaper.

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Will Generative AI Replace Marketers and Content Creators?

Landis PR

However, it hasn’t yet mastered the art of data-backed storytelling—especially when it comes to producing highly niche content for complex brands, such as those in the B2B and professional services spaces. Plus, as powerful as AI is, it cannot conduct original research or gather proprietary data that longer pieces of content often require.