Discover more: @StateDept
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0:01 - 0:05Hello, I'm Hillary Clinton and happy 5th birthday Twitter.
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0:05 - 0:09I want to say a few words but more than 140 characters
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0:09 - 0:19about the importance of social media tools like Twitter which are a critical part of what I at the State Department call 21st century statecraft.
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0:19 - 0:30Thanks to this connection technologies people can exchange ideas and information instantanously anywhere on the planet from a laptop in London to a cellphone in Cairo.
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0:31 - 0:35Countries and cultures are brought together like never before
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0:35 - 0:41and here at the State Department we use Twitter to share news about American Foreign Policy with the world.
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0:41 - 0:50Our Embassies overseas tweet in 11 languages and nearly 60 feeds and we're doing everything we can to protect
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0:50 - 0:55the freedom to connect whether through Twitter or any other technology.
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0:55 - 1:03So I invite each of you to follow our main feed @StateDept and be sure to tweet at us.
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1:04 - 1:12Congratulations again on five years of innovation and achievement. I cannot wait to see what the next five years will bring.
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1:12 - 1:13Thank you.
- Title:
- Discover more: @StateDept
- Description:
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Hillary Clinton, representing the State Department, explains why Twitter is valuable to them in a message to Twitter for their 5th birthday. Follow @StateDept for an inside perspective of what's going on around US government affairs.
- Video Language:
- English
- Duration:
- 01:18
Paula Castillo Suárez edited English subtitles for Discover more: @StateDept | ||
Paula Castillo Suárez added a translation |