Tag Archives: Globalization
Efforts afoot to make State Dept. blogs, Tweets and websites legal
You know the old joke: If “pro” is the opposite of “con,” what is the opposite of “progress?” According to The Cable, Congress is finally looking at amending the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 that forbade the non-military foreign policy agencies from … Continue reading
Filed under Freedom of access, Connections, Freedom of Information, Story Ideas
Covering a new kind of war
Shelly Palmer, a witty and astute observer of all things digital, issues a warning about cyber attacks against governments and corporations. And the main ‘bad guy” is not surprising to anyone who pays attention to such things: Cyber war 1.0: China … Continue reading
Filed under China, Connections, International News Coverage, Story Ideas
Beijing reverts to style: Boots reporter out of country
The Chinese government went back to its old ways of punishing messengers and clamping down on the ability of journalists to work. The latest action came when Beijing refused to renew the journalism visa for Melissa Chan of Al Jazeera. … Continue reading
Filed under Censorship, China, International News Coverage, Press Freedom
Cutting foreign affairs budget does little but threaten more American lives
Here we go again. It is conventional wisdom that there is no real constituency for international affairs other than ideologues, charity groups and think tanks. And it shows in the way the budget for non-military overseas expenditures is handled. Once … Continue reading
Filed under International News Coverage, Story Ideas
China bans comments on websites
Once the Chinese government realized that people in China were going to use microblogs — such as Twitter — it moved to make sure uncontrolled groups — such as Twitter — could not operate within China. Local versions of Twitter … Continue reading
Filed under China, Freedom of access, Freedom of Information
