TWITTER DIPLOMACY
bring foreign policy closer to citizens, but also to make sure Italy’s priorities are heard loud and clear. The following is his tweet from February 9, 2012, to condemn violence in Syria:
‘Social media tools are indeed a unique opportunity for diplomacies in order to collect, create – and yes, spin – information’, he said in his address to the conference Twiplomacy: Diplomacy in the Twitter age in June 2012 in Turin, Italy. ‘This also means our message must be clear and strong enough to be able to undergo the direct checks by thousands and thousands of individuals that are not familiar with diplomatic etiquette and say it as they see it.’ One of the most active diplomatic players on Twitter is also UK Foreign Secretary William Hague – aka @WilliamJHague. Hague has a very hands-on approach to Twitter and uses it to help his followers better understand UK foreign policy while starting an open dialogue with the public, both at home and abroad.
TWITTER FOR DIPLOMATS
The followings are tweets from Hague on May 8, 2012:
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