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> I'm a diplomat working on international norms for cyber and information warfare.

I didn't know any such norms existed. What are some of the existing agreements, and if you can talk about it, what are some of the new ones you're trying to push forward?

Your career sounds crazy...in a good way! Was your initial involvement with the UN in a technical role?

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There are several negotiations ongoing in various committees of the UN, where the issues that surface in the "real world" are negotiated: information warfare (such as election interference), responsibility for information across borders etc. https://www.cfr.org/blog/united-nations-doubles-its-workload...

Basically, it's about trying to defend international norms from an onslaught of attempts to make states the primary defender of the informational realm, and thereby legitimise opression.

Yeah, first job for UN was coding a shitty CRUD system in order to keep track of HIV infections in East Africa.

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