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The thin Tweet line: Exploring the use of social media by those seeking to influence policing at the Met

SUBSCRIBE 17th October 2023Oliver Laurence, Managing Director, Public Safety Foundation
Policing in the UK and internationally seemingly struggles to find the best approach to using social media, with forces and officers either criticised for not being proactive enough, or drawn into controversy as situations go viral; former police officer Oliver Laurence, now a policing consultant, looks at some of the recent challenges that have faced the UK’s largest force in its use of Twitter and X (caution this article contains content that may upset some readers).

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