Digital Diplomacy

“BIDD Theme this week” Twitter has 23 million bots, according to SEC filing

Technology - August 12, 2014 7:03AM Tens of millions of Twitter's hundreds of millions of accounts are potentially operated automatically by bots, the company said...

Will the Chinese Communist Party become social media’s ‘most followed’?

  Officials of the Organisation Department at the launch ceremony. Photo: Xinhua Is the Chinese Communist Party about to become China’s ‘most followed’ poster on the...

“BIDD Theme this week” Can Twitter Curb Growing Black Market for Fake Followers After...

Is your social media professional the real deal? There's a dark secret amongst social media pros, and you're not going to like this. The purchase...

“BIDD Theme this week” Twitter admits that as many as 23 million of its...

This piece has been updated to clarify the kinds of accounts in question. Twitter raised eyebrows last month when it suggested that many of its...

“BIDD Theme this week” What A Twitter Fake Follower Now Looks Like

  Over the last couple of weeks we have been doing some research on the current state of Fake Followers on Twitter. This is so...

Video: Political Marketing on Social Media

At the start of April I gave a talk on Politics and Social Media  at the Rose and Crown. The aim was to provide...

The Not So Cold War: State Department Bans Ice Bucket Challenge for Diplomats

Photo: Creative Commons With terrorists running rampant in Iraq and Russian convoys violating Ukrainian borders, the U.S. State Department is fussing over a new unnerving...

Joseph Nye: Soft Power and Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century

On 20 January 2010, the first anniversary of President Obamas inauguration, US political theorist Joseph Nye gave a lecture at Portcullis House, London, on...

LAPSUS MENTUS (TWITTERUS) of 2014 ?

British Embassy Commemorates Burning the White House 200 Years Ago, Apologizes After joking about the anniversary of British troops invading Washington, D.C. and burning...

Modern Diplomacy

What does it take to be a successful diplomat? How has the profession changed and what shape will diplomacy take in the future? Jorge...