In their blog posts, Diplo alumni analyse various diplomatic and digital policy issues, incorporating the knowledge they gained in Diplo’s online courses and programmes.
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Privacy Shield challenged a second time
18 November 2016
Internet governance and digital policy, Privacy and data protection
(with contributions from Aida Mahmutović) The fight over personal data transfers between the European Union (EU) and the USA is not over. Earlier this month, a second legal challenge directed at the Privacy Shield f...
I’m not a ‘technical person’, but I don’t have to be
17 November 2016
Gender rights online, Internet governance and digital policy
Let me start with this, a more common utterance than not that I have often said as well as heard: when it comes to the Internet, I am not a technical person. What I mean is that I did not major in computer engineering...
E-commerce in Europe: consultations, court rulings, and other updates in September
28 September 2016
E-commerce and trade, Gender rights online, Internet governance and digital policy
With contributions from Barbara Rosen Jacobson, Roxana Radu, Marília Maciel, Sorina Teleanu, and Stephanie Borg Psaila The last few weeks were a vibrant period for e-commerce. New initiatives have flourished on a gl...
The rise of e-commerce initiatives: From expanding access to taxation
28 September 2016
E-commerce and trade, Gender rights online, Internet governance and digital policy
With contributions from Barbara Rosen Jacobson, Roxana Radu, Marília Maciel, Adriana Minović, and Jovan Kurbalija E-commerce has been remarkably present in intergovernmental forums this summer. Many new initiatives...
EU-US Privacy Shield’s seven principles
16 September 2016
Gender rights online, Internet governance and digital policy, Privacy and data protection
Nine months after the invalidation of the Safe Harbour Agreement, the European Commission (EC) confirmed that the new EU-US Privacy Shield affords adequate protection to the privacy of EU citizens. The framework imp...
Studying public diplomacy – experiences of a Portuguese diplomat
03 August 2016
I am currently contributing to a study on Portugal’s public diplomacy. The aim is to provide recommendations for a renewed dialogue between the ministry and stakeholders at home and abroad. The study follows the ca...
The role of trust in digital diplomacy
01 August 2016
Users’ trust in different aspects of the Internet ecosystem has been in decline following the Snowden revelations and other recent developments. While trust is subjective and contextual, it is increasingly in focus ...
Measuring reputation through digital diplomacy at international organisations
12 July 2016
There is a wealth of information about digital diplomacy at the state level, and while much of the literature is interesting and informative, it doesn’t really speak to using digital diplomacy techniques at the inte...