All posts tagged "social media"
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Defeating disinformation: how to create a healthier national conversation
Bad actors are poisoning the information well from which populations drink in the democratic world. In the final part of our investigation into overseas interference in elections, Matt Ross asks
- Posted February 11, 2024
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Canada reviews public service values; UK’s opposition leader vows to tackle civil service churn: news in brief
Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Canada looks to update public service values and ethics The Canadian public service has released
- Posted January 11, 2024
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ChatGPT fails prestigious Indian civil service test; US works to streamline citizen experience: policy & delivery news in brief
Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. AI chatbot fails Indian civil service examination The controversial AI service ChatGPT has reportedly
- Posted March 9, 2023
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How politicians can master social media – and why it helps governments if they do
The use of social media could help politicians around the world – and by extension governments – open up to their citizens. But many senior figures struggle to connect on such
- Posted November 13, 2022
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Like, click, follow: a look at the UK government’s social media tips for civil servants
You may be surprised to learn that the UK government keeps a book of etiquette and best practice for running its social media channels. But then again, given the vast
- Posted August 9, 2022
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Australia’s media regulator set for new powers to tackle internet misinformation
Australia’s media regulator could force internet companies to share data about how they treat misinformation and disinformation under new laws that could come into effect later this year. The plan
- Posted March 23, 2022
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Social media platforms pledge to combat fake news ahead of Brazil election
Eight social media platforms have signed individual agreements with Brazil’s Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) pledging to fight the spread of disinformation ahead of the country’s presidential election in October. Twitter,
- Posted February 23, 2022
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Facebook and Google dig in against Australian media law
Facebook has threatened to block Australians from sharing news via the social media platform and its Instagram service, if the government persists with plans to require the tech giant to
- Posted September 2, 2020
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India and USA clamp down on China’s TikTok app
The US government is considering banning the Chinese social media app TikTok due to fears over surveillance and data-gathering. Speaking to Laura Ingraham on Fox News, secretary of state Mike Pompeo
- Posted July 8, 2020
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How inequality fosters instability: top civil servants on tackling the ‘populist backlash’
When people feel that the game of life is fixed, they lose trust in leaders and institutions – resorting to protests and populists. At the 2020 Global Government Summit, top
- Posted May 3, 2020