Alec Ross

U.S. Diplomat Peter Van Buren Speaks About American Public Diplomacy

John Brown | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Public Diplomacy, Alec Ross, Iraq, Public Affairs, Foreign Service, Cold War, Facebook, Voice of America, Twitter, Committee on Public Information, Propaganda, PETER VAN BUREN, United States Information Agency, State Department, Edward R. Murrow, Bbg, Haditha Massacre, Hillary Clinton, Afghanistan, World News
John Brown

"Any communications strategy plays second to reality. So as long as deaths from misplaced drone attacks, atrocities by soldiers and videos of Abu Ghraib exist, you are not going to fool anyone regardless of how many tweets you send out."

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Do SOPA and PIPA Conflict With State Dept.'s Global Internet Freedom Goals?

Corbin Hiar | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Center for Public Integrity, Pipa, The New Republic, Protect IP, Hillary Clinton, Alec Ross, State Department, Barack Obama, Sopa, Iwatch News, World News
Corbin Hiar

If done wrong, anti-piracy legislation could restrict the rights of Internet users across the country -- and put U.S. diplomats in a very awkward position.

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The Revelation of Relevance

Mehret Mandefro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alec Ross, State Department, Internet, Broadband, Smart Phone, Tunisia, Net Neutrality, Social Media, Department of Veteran Affairs, Justice, Media News
Mehret Mandefro

What can Tunisa and Egypt teach us about access, control, and the amazing things that happen when people have data connection?

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Alec Ross' Odd Tweet About 21st Century Statecraft

Andrew Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hezbollah, 21st Century Statecraft, Evgeny Morozov, Alec Ross, Al Qaeda, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Council on Foreign Relations, Obama Administration, Technology News
Andrew Rosen

We continue to hear about the country's positive scientific developments, including the winner of the most recent Apps for Africa contest. But we should also be hearing as much as about the setbacks.

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Messy Digital Diplomacy

Andrew Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Pakistan Flooding, 21st Century Statecraft, National Security, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Ethan Zuckerman, Alec Ross, Jared Cohen, Technology News
Andrew Rosen

To date, the Web has not proven to be a hospitable ground for the State Department's efforts to bring the entrepreneurial culture of Silicon Valley and Web 2.0 to the outdated world of U.S. diplomacy.

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People Really Making Government Work

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Beth Noveck, Egovernment, Alec Ross, Government 2.0, Politics News
Craig Newmark

There are a lot of really good people getting a lot done in Washington, making government work, and giving a good return for the taxpayer dollar.

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Taking the Me From Social Media

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dave Weigel, Social Media, Cnn, Twitter, Chatroulette, Alec Ross, Octavia Nasr, Facebook, Al Qaeda, Jared Cohen, Media News
Mayhill Fowler

In the last month, a prominent journalist and two State Department spokesmen have fallen afoul of the tweet. Similarly, Dave Weigel lost his job over a few emails. The fates of these four are a reminder of the perils of social media.

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Obama's "Naughty" and "Nice" Takes On The Internet

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Media, Internet, Piracy, Joe Biden, Alec Ross, State Department, Net Neutrality, Technology News
Art Brodsky

No one likes "piracy," but Biden's over-the-top meeting put so much of a focus on the issue, and pandered so much to the assembled multitudes that it lacked any credibility whatsoever.

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The New Media Epiphany

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Internet, Dave Troy, Free Press, Myspace, Personal Democracy Forum, AT&T, Josh Silver, Dave Weinberger, Alec Ross, Twitter, James Assey, Danah Boyd, Cultural Divide, Facebook, Amanda Michel, Transparency, Mayhill Fowler, Gina Bianchini, Broadband, Propublica, Net Equality, Andrew Rasiej, Micah L. Sifry, Internet, Jeff Jarvis, Ning, Randy Zuckerberg, Hank Hultquist, New Media, Google, Media News
Marcia G. Yerman

Two years ago, I had a personal epiphany at the Personal Democracy Forum: New media could change everything... From communications to politics to culture. At PDF '09: more revelations.

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TwitNotes from #PDF09

Eric Kuhn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Morley Winograd, Gen X, Mccain, Bloggers, Rnc, President Obama, Joe Rospars, pdf09, Obama, Washington Post, Frank Rich, Facebook, Mike Gravel, Iava, Mark McKinnon, Ana Marie Cox, Pdf, Obama 2008, David All, Jeff Jarvis, Skype, McCain 2008, Myspace, Craig Newmark, Twitter, Mayor Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, Macon Phillips, Alec Ross, Barack Obama, Personal Democracy Forum, New York City, Paul Rieckhoff, Gina Bianchini, Randi Zuckerberg, Andrew Rasiej, Simon Rosenberg, Ning, Youtube, Mellennials, Rachel Sklar, 311, Danah Boyd, Media News
Eric Kuhn

Over 1,000 people descended upon the annual Personal Democracy Forum earlier this week. Here are some of my notes -- taken on Twitter, of course -- from the two day conference.

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Terrific News: Alec Ross to Advise Clinton/State Department on Tech & Innovation

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Egovernment, Julius Genachowski, Alec Ross, Gov2.0, State Department, Politics News
Craig Newmark

I've worked with Alec. He'll really help the US work more effectively with the world. This is for real.

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