Twitter is not how the State Department conducts diplomacy? That’s sincerely good news to hear: we were a little concerned after the term “hashtag diplomacy” was coined to cover such State Department diplomatic efforts such as #TackleEbola, #UnitedForUkraine, and #UnitedForGaza (oops!). Could we please get confirmation on that quote?
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"Twitter is typically not how we conduct diplomacy, it’s a tool," per @statedeptspox.
— Matt Lee (@APDiploWriter) November 6, 2014
Are you sure you didn’t hear it wrong?
https://twitter.com/AndreyPanevin/status/530471689583599617
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