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Misinformation 2.0: Deepfakes are the biggest threat to media today

PR in High Definition

The phrase went viral back in May when a doctored video appeared to show US politician Nancy Pelosi drunk in a TV interview. Imagine waking up to find a doctored video of you has gone viral, you’re being showered with vile abuse and you’re almost powerless in disproving its authenticity.

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The Most Recommended PR Tech Vendors [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

That’s a mouthful of buzzwords, but Ryan Reeves, a product manager for the company, added some context on LinkedIn: “Signals uses AI to continually read trillions of articles to detect important company trigger-events (viral articles, product launches, financials, partnerships, headcount changes, etc.) in 2019, reaching a record $4.5

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Why it’s important to prepare for a PR crisis

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Will your customer service team receive an increased amount of calls, what about your website and social media channels? Your social media team might already have something for responding to customer service issues. It should be someone with authority to speak on what has happened. Who is monitoring those?

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State of Crisis Communications and Social Media from a Professor’s Perspective

Waxing UnLyrical

Social media crises have evolved beyond just negative events going viral – whether it is a personal tweet accidentally sent out publicly , or a customer service response gone awry. Go to the International Risk and Crisis Communication Conference ( ICRC ). Here are a few ways to do this: 1.

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Why You Should Hire a Crisis Communications Agency?

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What causes a crisis to go viral? During a crisis, leadership, internal communications, and public relations teams may use employee communication platforms to disseminate updates and critical company information. This has several advantages which may eclipse all other forms of internal crisis management solutions.

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How to Prepare a PR Crisis Plan

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In today’s world, a negative story about your brand or organisation could go viral in an instant. Your customers could make their displeasure known on your Facebook page and Twitter feed. Corporate impropriety, such as fraud, theft, negligence, corruption, deception, poor customer service etc.

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11 ways Social Listening will Transform your Communications Strategy & Performance

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When a journalist writes a negative article, internal stakeholders may jump to conclusions about the impact that will have on your brand. With a robust social listening tool, you can create compelling reports in minutes that will speak volumes to senior internal stakeholders.

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