French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have mobilized a group of heads of state and government, international organizations and leaders of businesses and digital organizations to take action against terrorist and extremist content online and end the exploitation of the Internet by terrorist actors.
Digital diplomacy is one of the priorities for the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. The concept of “digital diplomacy” refers both to the Ministry’s domains of action, the “international challenges of digital technology” and widening the scope of traditional diplomacy through innovations and new practices brought about by information and communication technologies (ICTs). However, digital tools are considered as much more than a simple means of communicating information, they are helping transform diplomatic work.
Updated : 18.09.19
