As the world navigates rapid digital transformation, the 19th United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, und...
#InternetGovernance #DigitalTransformation #IGF2023 #Multistakeholder #RiyadhEvents
After the exciting #IGF2023 concluded, #ILPFoundry Fellow Joseph Catapano discussed the benefits of the #multistakeholder approach to #InternetGovernance, why this approach is being threatened, and how to preserve it.
Read our #NEW blog post to learn more: ilpfoundry.substack.com/p/show-up-an...
Holding the next IGF in Saudi Arabia severely undermines civil society’s ability to participate.
A group of organizations is calling for a review of this decision and hosting the IGF, where civil society can freely and safely participate.
#IGF2023 #igf2024
Relatedly, 20 years ago stakeholders came together to agree on the principle that governments alone will never control the Internet. Instead it was agreed that Internet governance would be a multi-stakeholder endeavour. They formed the IGF which meets again this week at #IGF2023
IETF session at IGF 2023 in Kyoto Japan
Want to know more about how interoperable technical standards help ensure a robust global Internet? Join the #IGF2023 IETF Open Forum on 12 Oct 2023 (1300 JST/0400 UTC) to learn more, discuss, and ask questions. More details & remote registration: www.intgovforum.org/en/content/i...
"There are 2.6 billion people still unconnected, This is one of the biggest challenges we have, the persistent digital inequality and exclusion."
(APC's Chat Garcia Ramilo at the Internet Governance Forum #IGF2023)
Watch the whole session here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=31q5...
"We believe the IGF remains at the heart of the international governance system. What do you value about it? Read more about the campaign and submit your testimony of what you value about the IGF. #TheIGFWeWant."
To have the internet we want, we need a strengthened Internet Governance Forum.
Check out the newly launched campaign #TheIGFWeWant and help us promote and strengthen this key space.
theigfwewant.net #IGF2023
Internet Governance Forum 2023 Kyoto
🗓️ Tonight at 1:45 CET (8:45 JST) during #IGF2023 Kyoto, Japan, #Afnic will take part in the session "DC-IoT Progressing Global Good Practice for the Internet of Things"
➡️ More info and link to join the session on intgovforum.org/en/content/i...
#IoT #Governance #InternetOfThings
"international guiding principles and a code of conduct for organized nations developing advanced AI systems including generative AI in preparation for the G7" Japan PM #IGF2023 www.theregister.com/2023/10/10/g...
#IGF2023 The @UNTechEnvoy urges civil society to work with their States to be added to delegations for the #GlobalDigitalCompact
How does this work for the billions living under autocratic regimes that don't recognize freedom of expression, association & access to information?
Join the Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values in the session Evolving Regulation and its Impact on Core Internet Values. At the end of Day 2 #IGF2023
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Selfie with Chad, Keisuke Katsuki, and Masayuki Hatta
Ran into some fellow Japan Blueskyers at #IGF2023! Had a lovely lunch taking with @kskktk.bsky.social and @mhatta.bsky.social about IGF of years past and the work of MIAU (the “EFF of Japan”)
The challenge ahead "... a handful of countries are leading a coordinated campaign to leverage a poorly defined conversation at the UN to rewrite global rules and standards that would allow them greater sovereign control over the open internet."
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