In recent years we’ve seen a rise in government on YouTube, from the United States to the UK, Israel and beyond.  More and more politicians are making their way onto YouTube, to open up a new channel of conversation with their constituents, and the latest to jump on this bandwagon is Germany.  Yesterday, the German federal government launched their new YouTube channel, Bundesregierung, and announced that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be answering citizens’ questions via YouTube next month [...]

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Google has teamed up with the Citizens Advice Bureau in the UK to launch a new initiative that will see the search giant and the independent charity launch a adverts...

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Google is leading the drive to put resources online and help people in Thailand find information in real-time as the country battles the effects of severe flooding. To date, 27...

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If White House town hall meetings via Twitter and Facebook weren't proof enough that we're moving well into the Gov 2.0 era here in the US, then this might help sway your opinion. The Department of Homeland Security, seeing massively clogged telephone connections on the East cosat following a Virginia earthquake, is encouraging the use of social media to contact friends and family.It's also interesting to note that the DHS didn't wait to put a release out on typical news channels, but instead ch [...]

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