Turkish President Rejects Facebook, YouTube Ban Over Wiretaps
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's president on Friday ruled out any ban on Facebook and YouTube after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said the sites could...
Benefiting From the Mobile Revolution
A Device is Displayed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
Recently FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, and I visited the beautiful...
Hilary Brandt
Hilary Brandt is the Director of the Office of Innovative Engagement (OIE) in the Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) at the U.S. Department...
Turkey may ban Facebook and YouTube if Erdoğan wins elections
The Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said Facebook and YouTube could be banned following local elections in March after leaked tapes of an...
A Journey Through Sao Paulo: Innovations In Brazilian Public Diplomacy
The following is a journal entry from student writers Helene Imperiale and Emily Schatzle, directors of the Master of Public Diplomacy Delegation to São...
The People’s Skype, A Cell Phone Broadcasting and Voting System for Occupy Protesters
The People’s Skype by Jonathan Baldwin is a cell phone-based broadcasting and voting system designed specifically for Occupy protest assemblies (demo video). A speaker...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 Ukraine protesters being spied on through cell phones, reports say
Major mobile phone providers in Ukraine deny that they're working with the nation's government to spy on protesters, who've brought a fresh and intense...
A year on GOV.UK – HMRC’s experience
Robin Riley, HMRC Head of Digital Engagement and project lead for HMRC’s corporate content on GOV.UK.
This week marks exactly one year since HMRC moved...
Comments on text Does social media really bring us closer to the reality of...
A Buzzfeed list of 27 "heartbreaking" images of the Venezuelan protests was created, and shared by progressive activists around the world. Perhaps those activists...
Does Social Media Really Bring Us Closer To The Reality Of Conflict?
When I was 19 I read about Plato's Theory of Forms. The theory, crudely put, argues that everything exists in a metaphysical realm in...