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Twitter and diplomacy: A tool or just trouble?
10 October 2023
Editorial note: Today, Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) are the most popular e-tools used by diplomatic services. However, controversies surrounding X\'s usage and policies make its future uncle...
Why Elon Musk Twitter experiment could be a success – even if it fails?
Elon Musk could save social media whether he succeeds or fails in making Twitter an open space for responsible free speech. It is an enormous task, much more complex than Musk’s previous business successes with Tesl...
Improving diplomatic institutions through technology
03 February 2022
Digital diplomacy, Diplomatic functions and tools, Diplomatic service, E-tools, Social media
Despite an increasingly globalised society, the institutions of diplomacy continue using traditional methods that can be improved by the simple use of new technologies. For example, embassies and ministries of foreign...
‘Deplatforming’ Donald Trump was a necessary quick fix. What now?
10 May 2021
In the twilight of a presidency characterised by 30,573 lies and constant misinformation, most social media platforms have permanently suspended Donald Trump’s accounts – a move also known as ‘the Great Deplatfo...