WEBDIFFUSION 4 AVRIL – Le Forum sur la Gouvernance de l’Internet en République Démocratique du Congo (FGI RDC) 2025
Le vendredi 4 avril 2025 la 5 ème édition de Forum sur la Gouvernance de l’Internet en République Démocratique du Congo (FGI RDC) se tiendra dans la Centre CEPAS Gombe, Kinshasa. Cette année, le FGI RDC est placé sous le thème principal : « Renforcer la Gouvernance Numérique pour un Internet Ouvert et Sécurisé en RDC ».
WEBCAST APR 3 – IGF DCs ‘Global AI Governance for Humanity’s Benefit’
On Thursday April 3 2025 at 15:00-16:00 UTC, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Dynamic Coalitions (DCs) will launch a Global Webinar Series with 'Global AI Governance for Humanity’s Benefit'. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming every sector and will have a lasting impact on humanity in the times to come. Yet, rapid AI adoption also raises concerns around
GDC! IGF! Excitement! Hype!
Oh, right. A bit late for that. How about a glance at this year's Independent Game Festival winners then?
Balatro Wins Big at 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards
https://fullcleared.com/news/balatro-wins-big-at-2025-game-developers-choice-awards/
Today @isocnorway has their general assembly, with a special focus on #igf2025 in Lillestrøm, Norway! Looking forward to it! 
WEBCAST 19.MAR – ISOC NORGE – AGM Keynote: Norges rolle i styringen av Internett / Norway’s role in the governance of the Internet
On Wednesday 19 March 2025 at 18:00-19:30 CET (17:00-18:30 UTC) the Internet Society Norway Chapter (ISOC Norge) will hold its Årsmøte (AGM) at Rebel in Oslo. IGF 2025 Host Country Co-Chair Ole-Martin Martinsen will open proceedings with a keynote 'Norges rolle i styringen
#ISOC (internet Society) jobber for et fritt og åpent Internett for alle, og har gjort det siden 1992.
Den norske avdelingen jobber nå tett opp mot #IGF og for å være en motvekt til forskjellige stakeholders interesser for mer sensurering, mer diskriminering og mer kontroll over #Internett.
Er dette noe du synes er viktig? Engasjer deg i en vanvittig spennende tid fremover. Kom på årsmøtet, bli kjent, finn ut om du har lyst til å bidra.
2025-03-19 - #Oslo eller Zoom
"Vil du, din bedrift eller din organisasjon være med og sette agendaen for utviklingen av fremtidens internett? Nå kan norske aktører melde inn temaer og interesse for å delta på den største FN-konferansen arrangert i Norge noen gang – Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2025 på Lillestrøm 23. – 27. juni."
Håper så mange som mulig som ikke er regjeringer og offentlige myndigheter benytter seg av sjansen og muligheten her
Two Takes of Original Gaming
https://www.youtube.com/embed/u9SVCLljRx0
A double review of two of the stranger games I've seen in 2024. Both games were played with press keys while doing IGF judging.
0:00 Intro00:21 Judero3:17 Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity
https://setsideb.com/two-takes-of-original-gaming/
#indies #review #ExtremeEvolution #IGF #indie #Judero #review
Nothing-burger #AIAction (sic) draft with lots of buzzwords on inclusiveness but no action - bizarrely recommends the ghostly #AIforgood event instead of UN #IGF in Oslo - a real multistakeholder event
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ps5b54g3g2f2326qvptsqh2f/post/3lhpurlwanc27
"United Nations officials removed criticisms of the Saudi government from the official record of a UN-organized internet governance conference in Riyadh in December 2024, and retaliated against civil society organizations, Human Rights Watch said today. The events at the 19th annual UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) were the latest example of repressive government hosting a major UN conference censoring and intimidating civil society representatives.
The IGF secretariat censored criticism of Saudi Arabia by a well-known Saudi human rights defender at a Human Rights Watch workshop, threatened to eject Human Rights Watch’s Saudi Arabia researcher, and confiscated materials highlighting the cases of human rights defenders.
“The UN and its member states should put an end to a climate of intimidation and censorship toward diplomats, journalists, human rights advocates, and other civil society representatives at UN conferences,” said Deborah Brown, deputy technology, rights, and investigations director at Human Rights Watch. “Restricting participants ability to speak freely about internet policy issues, including issues relevant in the host country, undermines the IGF’s purpose.”"
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/02/06/un-censors-criticism-saudi-arabia-internet-conference
WEBCAST JAN 30-31: Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum 2025
TTIGF 2025 has the theme ‘Building Our Multistakeholder Digital Future‘. The theme was inspired by the UNIGF 2024 theme as an important area that needs to reach the local discussion forum for a way forward in Trinidad and Tobago’s Internet Governance. It will include a Youth Forum on Day 2.
A previous photo of the #IGF #soldier "Yakov Abeton" who was killed by occupation army soldiers after they mistook him to be Palestinian.
In this picture as he boasts of hanging the flag of the genocidal regime on one of the ruins of buildings in the #Gaza Strip.
#Gaza #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BDS
#palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #Ceasefire @palestine @israel
Having been in Riyadh last week for the #IGF, this article captures the atmosphere perfectly. I met several Brits afterwards who had flown all the way there for this boxing fight 
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:puow4alllgyfanxkwx7momd5/post/3ldrvr4b5222r
Global Internet Governance Academic Network (Giganet) Annual Symposium - December 15, 2024 in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia.
Giganet aims to foster multidisciplinary research on internet governance.
Ihre Ideen verdienen die große & internationale Bühne: Auf dem Internet Governance Forum wirkten unsere Fellows aktiv an der Gestaltung int. #Digitalpolitik mit! Das Ziel: Ein freies, offenes und globales #Internet. 
Wie sieht das Internet der Zukunft aus? Warum ist es so wichtig, dass wir Digitalpolitik gemeinsam gestalten? Das & mehr diskutierten die Fellows u.a. mit Irina Soeffky. Auf dem Global Youth Summit des #IGF konnten sie sich mit anderen jungen Stimmen über #KI-Politik austauschen.
"The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) has served as a pivotal platform for fostering cooperation among governments, civil society, the private sector and technical communities to collectively address the opportunities and challenges brought about by the digital age. The UN Global Digital Compact (GDC) has expanded the scope of the global digital governance agenda beyond the internet-related public policy issues outlined in the WSIS consensus. It has put the spotlight on global inequality, also calling attention to the concentration of market power, the challenges posed by emerging technologies, in particular artificial intelligence (AI), and the need for renewed and more effective cooperation.
The process of deliberation in the UN system through the recently adopted Global Digital Compact in September 2024 and the upcoming 20-year review of the WSIS Agenda (WSIS+20) in 2025 are more than routine milestones in the multilateral process and the global digital cooperation ecosystem. They signify major opportunities to examine the adequacy of our actions and regroup to meet the trajectories of digital injustice headlong. They also are a flashpoint within which to situate, develop and push forward a renewed vision of digitality.
In that context, APC will engage with the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2024 with the intention to both contribute to those conversations and to create spaces for exchange of perspectives and identification of priorities for the WSIS+20 review, including the renewal and expansion of the mandate of the IGF itself."
Wer entscheidet über das Internet
Wenn es nach uns geht, alle: nicht nur Regierungen, sondern auch Zivilgesellschaft, Wissenschaft, Tech-Community & Wirtschaft. Weil int. #Digitalpolitik uns alle angeht! Deshalb begrüßen wir, dass sich die Vereinten Nationen mit dem Global Digital Compact für den Multi-Stakeholder-Ansatz & gegen Internet-Shutdowns aussprechen. "
wird sich in int. Gremien weiterhin für ein freies, offenes & sicheres Netz engagieren", so Staatssekretär Schnorr beim #IGF.
GDC Stakeholders Session - IGF Leadership Panel Chair Vint Cerf (21 June 2024) - #IGF #GDC #multistakeholder #multistakeholderism #internetgovernance #vintcerf
