twitter campaigns have become an increasingly common way for political leaders intergovernmental organizations, and diplomats to bring attention to specifics topics. The brand of "hashtag diplomacy" happens when a specific hashtag like ". Spotlights a particular social or political issue and drives public discourse around that issue. With over 316 million active users on twitter as of 2015, tweets carrying a specific hashtag are able to reach an incredibly broad range of people. They bring deeper awareness to stories that take place in less media heavy regions of the world, and they offer a global stage for topics that may have otherwise remained unknown. Resistance army largely operated in the under developed areas of northern Uganda, the democratic republic of Congo, and south Sudan.
The ever apparent role that technology giants like Facebook and twitter play. These channels have become "The command and control networks of choice "for terrorists and criminals, allowing terrorists to plan, recruit, publicize upcoming events, and revel in what they see as successes. Social media does not change the basic tenants of propaganda, but it dramatically change who can create propaganda, how it is disseminated, whom it reaches, and how it can be countered.
Yet on the flip side, the same websites that have been used as propaganda channels and tools for the dissemination of evil have also become a vital source of information about whether someone is safe or accounted for in the aftermath of an attack. In a recent post I published last spring, I talked about how "Google person finder" helped affected citizens tell loved ones that they were safe in the aftermath of the Japanese tsunami. twitter and Facebook have launched similar mechanism with Facebook "safety check"serving as a lifeline of information during the Paris attacks.
