Thursday, April 25, 2013

Truth and consequences - a dilemma for Twitter and its users





Does Twitter have a credibility problem?


For many, a single fake tweet from the Associated Press account that briefly roiled financial markets on Tuesday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average down about 145 points, vividly reaffirmed the fearsome, near-instantaneous power of the 140-character message.


But the security lapse also revived doubts about Twitter’s place in the media landscape - and its ultimate value - at a moment when its status as one of today’s essential information networks had seemed all but cemented.









via Business feed http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1222830/truth-and-consequences-dilemma-twitter-and-its-users

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