Edward Snowden racks up triple the mentions of Julian Assange at SXSW – and 20 times the mentions of Grumpy Cat
Over 1.14 million tweets were sent from South by Southwest, research from Hotwire insights and analysis has found, with Edward Snowden being the star of the week, being mentioned in 62,468 tweets.
Snowden spoke at SXSW through a Google+ video, filtered through seven proxies to hide his location, and audience members able to ask questions to the PRISM whistleblower through Twitter.
Julian Assange also spoke at SXSW and, like Snowden, mentioned feats over the NSA. However, his talk only led to 19,310 Twitter mentions.
Hotwire group CEO Brendon Craigie suggested: “With Snowden’s speech highlighting the need to “fix” mass-scale government e-surveillance, it’s Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
