By Leischen Stelter
Like it or not, social media is here to stay. It’s a tool fire departments can use to build goodwill within their communities and improve how they communicate with the people they serve, however, it’s also something that fire departments should enter into cautiously. Read more as two fire experts weigh-in on social media best practices in the fire services.
As a law enforcement officer, it’s important to understand how social media works, how the general public uses it, and some of the dangers involved in some of the most popular social media features. In today’s “total transparency” world, it is expected that many police officers and public officials will have a presence in social media, too, so it’s even more critical to understand how these platforms work.
By James McLaughlin
In the last several years, social networking has become an integral part of our lives, both professionally and socially. There have been many privacy concerns with social media including recent settlements with social media giants such as Facebook and Google.
Cyber security and data privacy remain a hot topic as Facebook prepares to go public today with its initial public offering.Jeremiah Grossman, a world-renowned expert in Web security and co-founder of the Web Application Security Consortium, says that Facebook will need to be even more concerned about cyber attacks since any type of attack might (temporarily) impact its stock price.
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