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Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- The TikTok Teens Go To Washington (Data & Society) The Data Delusion (The New Yorker) The Vulkan Files: Secret trove offers rare look into Russian cyberwar ambitions (The Washington Post) ChatGPT... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- Why advertisers aren’t coming back to Twitter (Vox) Google and Microsoft’s chatbots are already citing one another in a misinformation show (The Verge) The AI Moves In: ChatGPT's Impact on Diplomacy... Continue Reading →
In his last recorded interview from 1986, astronomer Carl Sagan stated “We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustive mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces”. The ignorance, and power, which Sagan was... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- Apple’s mixed reality headset could be released this year (CyberNews) WhatsApp gets green light to pursue a lawsuit against Israel’s NSO Group (CyberNews) TikTok CEO to meet EU antitrust chief Vestager... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- The US-China chip war is spilling over to Europe (CNN) China’s COVID protesters, censors play cat-and-mouse game online (Al-Jazeera) I text myself all day every day — and you should, too... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- The Age of Social Media Is Ending (The Atlantic) ‘Fix your companies. Or Congress will,” Senator Ed Markey warns Elon Musk (The Verge) WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose, Meta India public... Continue Reading →
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. These are the five stages of grief according to Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, and the five emotions expressed by Twitter users since the social network was acquired by Elon Musk. It began with denial, specifically promises by Twitter executives and Musk himself that the social network would remain a vibrant town... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- Israel Election: Authorities Brace for Interference – From Foreign and Domestic Actors (Haaretz Newspaper) Amazon introduces a $7.3 annual Prime Video subscription tier in India (Tech Crunch) Google Billionaire Warns US... Continue Reading →
Throughout history, communications scholars have ascribed varying degrees of power to technology. In the 1940s and 50s, movies and television were viewed as powerful mediums that could alter the worldviews, opinions and beliefs of viewers. Some labeled these mediums as “magic bullets” that could at once impact an entire society. It was for this reason... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- Market downturn sparks longest US tech IPO drought in over 20 years (The Financial Times) Clearview AI, Used by Police, Now in Public Defenders’ Hands (The New York Times) VR and... Continue Reading →
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