{"id":1449,"date":"2014-03-03T11:12:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T11:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openstate.eu\/?page_id=1449"},"modified":"2016-10-06T21:21:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T19:21:36","slug":"diplotwoops-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openstate.eu\/en\/diplotwoops\/","title":{"rendered":"Diplotwoops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transparency in international relations is often cited as a desirable goal, but rarely achieved. Now, a website is trying to nudge things forward by tracking the tweeting misfires of diplomats around the world. <\/p>\n

\"diplotwoops\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Diplotwoops.org<\/a> is a follow-up to the already successful politwoops<\/a>, only it turns its attention to what international diplomats and embassies have to say rather than local politicians. Functionally, the websites are very simple: any deleted tweets from members of the monitored group are documented, eventually building up an archive of unintentional candidness, poorly phrased expressions, and general lack of judgment in using Twitter.<\/p>\n

With global as well as nation-specific politwoops websites<\/a> `\u0080\u0094 including the US, UK, and the Netherlands `\u0080\u0094 Open State Foundation is expanding its scope. A number of international faux pas have already been picked up, including a tweet from the Russian embassy in Estonia accusing that country’s president of aggravating the Ukraine crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

21\/02\/2014 – Diplotwoops: What deleted diplomatic tweets say about the Ukraine<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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