When it's good to be a NIMBY

 

Riots in the UK: Online propagandists know how to work their audiences—this is what we are missing

The frightening scenes of far-right extremists have many wondering how to stop the spread of the propaganda that encourages racism, violence and misogyny.

It's imperative an answer is found; anti-social media is the curse of our times, as some of us predicted, but weren't listened to, when it was still early enough to put restrictions in place.  What is the answer now?

Same old story! Public servants in Australia to social network - if access allows!

BLOG, tweet, update Facebook - that's the message the Australian Government is sending its bureaucrats as part of a push to break down barriers between public servants and ordinary people....................................................

"Yet not enough public servants have work access to these building blocks of Government 2.0.''

Indeed, none of the public servants on the taskforce preparing the Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0 report had access to instant messaging despite the fact that it was an important tool for other taskforce members, it said.

The report also noted that one public servant responded to a call for colleagues to engage in robust work discussion online with: "Ha - we can't get to FaceBook, YouTube, Flickr, or most common discussion forums where I work.'

(Can't resist saying - some of us, in a UK government department, started doing this back in 2004 - now the victim of a cutback in public service costs!

However, probably left hand not knowing what the right hand was doing, see also

Update on digital engagement in Home Office )