PR tips: PR experts fault FG’s communication model on subsidy removal Culled from Daily Independent
PUBLIC- Relations and marketing communications professionals in the country have faulted the Federal Government communication strategy, which led to the removal of fuel subsidy protest that has paralyzed the economy.
PR analysts stated that Federal Government should have adopted holistic approach to communicate the removal rather than putting the cart before the horse as senior government officials have resorted to TV interviews to explain the FC's decision as industrial action stretches.
Wikipedia blackout: 24-hour strike against SOPA, PIPA begins
The Internet's largest and most popular general reference has gone dark. Wikipedia has joined a protest against something it believes is even darker: passage of the Stop Online Piracy and Protect Intellectual Property Acts.
SOPA and PIPA have not even made it to the Senate floor, but have already caused public outrage. Internet giants such as Google, YouTube, Yahoo, AOL and many others have likened the bills to China-style censorship. The bills, which are perhaps the most controversial pieces of proposed legislation in recent American history, were supposedly written to protect copyrighted material. But most believe the bills would cripple the Internet, effectively killing all websites allowing user-uploaded content, endangering potential whistleblowers and severely damaging online freedom of speech. And amid fears they will lead to unprecedented censorship, many web moguls are trying to take matters into their own digital hands.
Wikipedia Has Gone Dark In Protest Of SOPA And PIPA
Wikipedia has pulled its plug today in protest of SOPA and PIPA, controversial bills in Congress that could seriously change the way the Internet works if they get passed.
Wikipedia’s protest is sure to get some attention from those who are still unaware of the issue — Alexa pegs Wikipedia as 6th most heavily trafficked site in the world and in the US.
