Global Engagement Starts at Home

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Describes concrete government projects that use mobile and social tech: a text-to-donate 90999 campaign that mobilizes over 3 million Americans and raises more than $30 million for Haiti relief; a pilot in Mexico that scrubs personally identifiable data from SMS tips, maps incidents, and requires police to confirm reports; and lessons from Iran where authorities execute an internet information blockade and monitor social media. Argues the State Department embeds policy and rapid prototyping into diplomacy to protect internet freedom and scale citizen-centered tools.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 3:35People to People Diplomacy
3. 5:48Violence in Mexico
4. 6:55Technology in Mexico
5. 8:00Text messaging in Mexico
6. 10:17Social media in Iran
7. 12:57Internet freedom

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