Follow the Twiplomacy blog for regular updates on digital diplomacy initiatives including occasional guest posts from social media practitioners in governments, foreign ministries and international organisations.
The two-letter Twitter handle is literally priceless Twitter regularly suspends accounts which violate its terms of service, and recently it removed millions of inactive accounts which were created via SMS, a feature which is no longer supported. Among the disabled […]
How the World Health Organisation Went Viral on Social Media With the spread of the coronavirus, the World Health Organisation is on course to become the most followed international organisation on social media. The WHO has seen exponential growth on […]
Useful Tips for Video Conferencing «Never have so many ceilings been broadcast to so many for so long», The Economist wrote in its leader about videoconferencing etiquette, adding that «letting crowds of colleagues and acquaintances peer into your life can […]
As the United Nations General Assembly gets under way in New York there is a flurry of diplomatic activity on social networks and especially on Twitter. For the occasion, the Belgian Foreign Ministry and the UK Foreign Office even adapted […]
Much planning goes into the preparation of a state visit, from the seating plan at the state dinner to the colour of the flower arrangements. However, a common Twitter strategy does not seem to be part of it, judging from […]