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The Covid-19 pandemic forced the world to embrace virtual platforms for daily activities. Businesses moved to a work-from-home model and global leaders conducted multilateral negotiations through large split screens. Digital Diplomacy has had a transformative and disruptive impact on international affairs. Digital platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have been used to manipulate voting behaviour, using disinformation and misinformation tactics. Many experts have advocated for more robust privacy laws as they believe that the Big Tech firms have access to users’ private information which is used for targeted propaganda. On the other hand, Digital Diplomacy has also been lauded as ushering in the age of citizen diplomacy, with the electorate having a stronger and more visible voice in policy choices made by their governments. The digital revolution is sure to have an impact on the setting, and achieving, of development agendas in the years to come.

The vast implications and possibilities of cyberspace in international affairs remain underappreciated. This event will explore the challenges and opportunities that diplomacy in the digital age creates. In the digital age, is civil society an influencer in international affairs or is civil society increasingly influenced?

Join us this Thursday 4th August 2022 from 3PM, register here

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