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Internet Society
@internetsociety@techpolicy.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

That’s a wrap on #IGF2025! Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth, chatted with us, joined the ISOC@ event, or attended one of our sessions.

We always appreciate the opportunity to connect with stakeholders around the globe and participate in such meaningful and impactful discussions about the Internet.

Collaboration done at events like the IGF is crucial to Internet governance because if we want to achieve an Internet that is truly for everyone, it must represent everyone.

On the left, a photo of people sitting on a panel with a screen showing people virtually attending the panel discussion. On the right, a quote “We exist at a particularly critical point at the moment with two conflicting trends. One is that the growth of access is plateauing. And the reason for that is that we have connected the parts that are easy and affordable to connect…The remaining 2.6 billion are going to require a different approach. At the same time telecommunications and the Internet is a force multiplier. It’s an amplifier. So those 2.6 billion people unconnected are falling further behind all the time as those with access profit from the benefits of access. - Steve Song, Senior Director, Infrastructure Mapping and Development"
On the left, a photo of people sitting on a panel with a screen showing people virtually attending the panel discussion. On the right, a quote “We exist at a particularly critical point at the moment with two conflicting trends. One is that the growth of access is plateauing. And the reason for that is that we have connected the parts that are easy and affordable to connect…The remaining 2.6 billion are going to require a different approach. At the same time telecommunications and the Internet is a force multiplier. It’s an amplifier. So those 2.6 billion people unconnected are falling further behind all the time as those with access profit from the benefits of access. - Steve Song, Senior Director, Infrastructure Mapping and Development"
On the left, a photo of people sitting on a panel with a screen showing people virtually attending the panel discussion. On the right, a quote “We exist at a particularly critical point at the moment with two conflicting trends. One is that the growth of access is plateauing. And the reason for that is that we have connected the parts that are easy and affordable to connect…The remaining 2.6 billion are going to require a different approach. At the same time telecommunications and the Internet is a force multiplier. It’s an amplifier. So those 2.6 billion people unconnected are falling further behind all the time as those with access profit from the benefits of access. - Steve Song, Senior Director, Infrastructure Mapping and Development"
On the left, a quote “If you think about resiliency, I think the main question that we have to ask ourselves in these approaches is what can possibly go wrong? And what could possibly be broken? That informs your risk-based approach. - Olaf Kolkman, Principal, Internet Technology, Policy, and Advocacy”. On the right, a photo of Olaf speaking at the IGF.
On the left, a quote “If you think about resiliency, I think the main question that we have to ask ourselves in these approaches is what can possibly go wrong? And what could possibly be broken? That informs your risk-based approach. - Olaf Kolkman, Principal, Internet Technology, Policy, and Advocacy”. On the right, a photo of Olaf speaking at the IGF.
On the left, a quote “If you think about resiliency, I think the main question that we have to ask ourselves in these approaches is what can possibly go wrong? And what could possibly be broken? That informs your risk-based approach. - Olaf Kolkman, Principal, Internet Technology, Policy, and Advocacy”. On the right, a photo of Olaf speaking at the IGF.
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@internetsociety@techpolicy.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago
#IGF2025 has begun! We will be here all week, attending sessions and workshops.

As IGF completes its 20th edition, the last of its mandate, a sense of urgency arises as we approach a critical time for the World Summit on the Information Society 20-year review, which will take place later this year.

Follow along for updates from the event this week. If you're in Norway at the IGF, be sure to stop by our booth and say hello, or find us at one of the sessions: https://www.internetsociety.org/events/igf/2025/our-activities/

Internet Society Foundation managing director Chris Locke standing in a conference hall talking directly to camera
Internet Society Foundation managing director Chris Locke standing in a conference hall talking directly to camera
APC
@APC@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

“The IGF has been an invaluable platform. A place to listen, to speak, to act. It has amplified voices from the Global South, often marginalised in digital governance conversations.”

APC’s Chat Garcia Ramilo at the plenary session: "The impact of the IGF in the information society" #IGF2025, featuring the #DigitalJusticeNow campaign

#DigitalInclusion #wsis20 #theigfwewant
Internet Society
@internetsociety@techpolicy.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Final day at the #IGF2025! This week has been full of invigorating conversations, meetings, and connections—all centered around the biggest dilemmas the Internet faces with the goal of solving them together.

As we wrap up at the IGF, we are just a few days away from the #WSIS high-level event where these conversations will continue. We look forward to the discussions we'll have over the next few weeks and the time we get to spend working closely with our community and partners.

Video of man speaking to camera
Video of man speaking to camera
samvie
@samvie@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

🚨 Von der Leyen & @EUCommission use the #DMA as a poker chip against US Trump car tariffs thus tarnishing our #EU legislation

Allowing #Bigtech to influence our digital laws which shall ensure consumer + digital rights against commercial profits under the frame of #deregulation is undemocratic as it is against the interests of the 🇪🇺 people.

Call on your national governments that this is not acceptable 🔥

BoostOK

#Fediforum#Pubconf2025 #igf2025
#savesocial #rp25#Fediverse
Open Knowledge Foundation
@okfn@fosstodon.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

🌎 «Latin American countries understood very early on that technology is political»
💬 @avilarenata @okfn

You can now watch the recording of this morning's #IGF2025 panel discussion, 'The relevance of #DPGs for advancing regional #DPI approaches'.

👉🏾 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KNHav1vnxA
GÉANT
@geant@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

🇪🇺 🌐 With its new International Digital Strategy for the #EuropeanUnion, the EU aims to expand international partnerships, deploy an EU Tech Business Offer to partner countries, strengthen security and global digital governance.

GÉANT is proud to support several of the strategy's key areas, outlined today by Commissioner Henna Virkkunen at the #IGF2025 Panel on Digital Public Goods and Global Digital Cooperation.

📺 https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k19/k19q76lvbe

📄 https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/international-digital-strategy