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By Giles Strachan and Ilan ManorIn 1952, General Sir Gerard Templer arrived in Malaya. On a visit to a village suspected of supporting communists, he delivered a tough speech. He began ‘You are all bastards’, which his translator converted to ‘His Excellency says that none of your parents were married.’ He continued ‘I can be... 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 Supply of Disinformation Will Soon Be Infinite (The Atlantic) Preparing for a Russian cyber offensive against Ukraine this winter (Microsoft Blog) The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (GCHQ) Why is Elon... Continue Reading →
On Monday, the Council of the European Union published a policy report outlining the EU’s new approach to digital diplomacy. As I argue in this blog post, the EU’s policy report is important for three reasons. First, it was published in the midst of the Russia-Ukraine War in which digital technologies have played a crucial... 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 IT Army of Ukraine- Structure, Tasking and Ecosystem (ETH-Zurich)Meta Agrees to Alter Ad Technology in Settlement With U.S. (The New York Times)Google Is Sharing Our Data at a Startling... 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 – How Russia changed its hacking tactics in 2014 (CyberNews)We warned Google that people might believe AI was sentient. Now it’s happening. (Washington Post)SpaceX fires workers who criticized Elon Musk in... 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 – How People From 1955 Imagined Technology of the Future (Gizmodo)The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life (The Washington Post)Ukraine uses 3D-tech to preserve hundreds of... Continue Reading →
In an article from January, 2020, Matthew Ball wrote a lengthy article describing the vision of the Metaverse. Facebook’s announcement that it would seek to create the Metaverse was still months away. In an upcoming event (Thursday, Nov 11) organized by International Cultural Relations, a select group of scholars will discuss the Metaverse and its... 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- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system (The Guardian)Danish White Paper: Towards a better social contract with big tech (Danish MFA)Facebook Uses Deceptive Math to Hide Its... Continue Reading →
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