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IGF 2024: Inclusive Multistakeholderism: Tackling Internet Shutdowns
December 15 @ 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm UTC+3
Join the Session: Workshop Room 6 / Zoom (hybrid)
Organised by: The Co-Chairs of the FOC’s Task Force on Internet Shutdowns – the United Kingdom, Access Now, and the Global Network Initiative.
Speakers:
- Kanbar Hossein-Bor, Head of the Democratic Governance and Media Freedom Department, UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office
- Felicia Anthonio, #KeepitOn Coalition Campaign Manager, Access Now
- Scott Campbell, Senior Human Rights Officer, OHCHR
- Joss Wright, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University
- Alex Walden, Global Head of Human Rights, Google
Session Description:
Our objective for the session is to reinforce the importance of the multistakeholder approach to tackling digital threats, including Internet shutdowns, exploring and showcasing ways in which inclusive multistakeholder collaboration (countries, civil society and the private sector) can facilitate and effect positive change. We will also use the session to wrap up the UK country chairship of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC)’s Task Force on Internet Shutdowns (TFIS) showcasing learning, progress and achievements from our two-year leadership on this work. The session will feature a panel discussion and Q&A, bringing together experts to look at the ways in which an inclusive multistakeholder approach can effectively tackle digital threats, including Internet shutdowns, the challenges, and practical ways to safeguard and further develop this collaborative approach. Speakers will represent governments, civil society, international organisations, academia and the private sector. The session will aim to look at country case studies to identify both challenges and effective collaborative approaches.
During 2024, the UK is chairing the FOC’s Taskforce on Internet Shutdowns (TFIS) alongside Freedom Online Coalition Advisory Network (AN) members Access Now and the Global Network Initiative. TFIS serves as a multinational and multistakeholder coordination and response mechanism on Internet shutdowns. Through TFIS, we are working to improve coordination among like-minded countries, civil society, and the private sector to anticipate and respond to Internet shutdowns and restrictions. As the biggest multilateral, multistakeholder forum dedicated to internet governance, the UN IGF is the ideal platform to bring partners together to progress this work.
