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Leveraging benefits of rapid advances in artificial intelligence and digitalisation, while mitigating risks underpins UN Forum on Internet Governance

Against a backdrop of growing geopolitical tensions, proliferating crises and widening inequalities, the challenges facing the global community in reaching the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are vast. With the Internet holding a critical role in navigating these complexities, the 18th UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) got underway in Kyoto, Japan today under the overarching theme, ‘The Internet We Want – Empowering All People’.

2023-10-09T15:19:47-04:0009 Oct 2023|Featured, Goal 9: industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Innovation, Press material|

In the face of increasing digital divides and cyberattacks, UN Chief calls for transforming the Internet as a powerful force for good

Calling for collective responsibility to face the challenges of nefarious use of digital technology, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told  the fourteenth Internet Governance Forum in Berlin, Germany, that the growing frequency and severity of cyber-attacks are undermining trust and encouraging States to adopt offensive postures for the hostile use of cyberspace.

2023-10-05T14:51:55-04:0026 Nov 2019|Featured, Goal 9: industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Innovation, Press material|

Forum Grapples with Curbing Internet Abuses from Cyberattacks to Censorship and Control

Representatives from a broad range of interests, from governments to technology companies, focused on efforts to promote “digital growth” while overcoming many of the abuses of the internet as the thirteenth Internet Governance Forum opened today in Paris.

2019-01-18T14:51:15-05:0013 Nov 2018|Featured, Innovation, News, Press material|

Internet Governance Forum Set to Explore Pathways to Harness New Technologies for Broader Prosperity

More than 3,000 participants, including high-level government officials, civil society leaders, private sector and internet policy experts, will gather in Paris, France, from 12 - 14 November to discuss international cooperation around issues such as fake news, the spread of disinformation, cybersecurity and privacy, big data, the Internet of Things, and their effects on society.

2019-01-17T21:38:02-05:0008 Nov 2018|Featured, Goal 17: Partnerships, Innovation, Press material|

Media Advisory: Briefing on Inaugural Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals

Monday, 6 June Press Briefing with the co-chairs of the Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs on the Forum’s inaugural session.

2019-02-10T11:36:34-05:0003 Jun 2016|Goal 9: industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Innovation|
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