Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week-
- Does Big Tech Hurt U.S. National Security? (Foreign Affairs)
- Lobbying row: Why ministers have two mobile phones (BBC News)
- Defending democracies from disinformation and cyber-enabled foreign interference (The Strategist)
- Technology will save emerging markets from sluggish growth (Financial Times)
- Use of Artificial Intelligence will transform judiciary (Times of India)
- Why are governments investing in Telegram? (CyberNews)
- NASA makes history by flying a helicopter on Mars for the first time (TechCrunch)
- Data Is Power: Washington Needs to Craft New Rules for the Digital Age (Foreign Affairs)
- Iran Used Instagram to Try and Lure Israelis to Meetings Abroad, Shin Bet and Mossad Say (Haaretz Newspaper)
- Zoom Court Is Changing How Justice Is Served (The Atlantic)
Some light reading- The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt