Interview: Twitter DDoS attack and using social media to break news

by David Spark on August 7, 2009

Last night on WABC Radio in NYC with Curtis Sliwa, Curtis and I discussed the Twitter and Facebook DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack and the fact that many celebrities and politicians are looking to social media, such as YouTube and Twitter, to make announcements before they release the news to the press.

Curtis Sliwa

Listen to the short five minute segment, or just download it.

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