Openness, Accessibility and Inclusion – Human Rights Online in the 2020´s
Tuesday, 30 November - Friday, 3 December
10 years of the Freedom Online Coalition
From Tuesday, 30 November to Friday, 3 December the Government of Finland, Chair of the Freedom Online Coalition for 2021, hosted the 10th Anniversary Freedom Online Conference.
The Conference provided an opportunity for policymakers, civil society, business leaders, and technical experts to convene virtually to mark the Coalition’s 10-year anniversary by continuing to develop joint strategies and combine efforts to address the challenges, opportunities and potential of free, open and accessible Internet.
2021 Freedom Online Conference Chair's Summary
To view the Freedom Online Conference Chair’s Summary, click on the download button below. The Summary includes end-of-year remarks and an overview of Finland’s FOC Chairship activities, along with summaries of the Conference, the panel sessions and the 10th Anniversary Ministerial Meeting.
Conference Sessions
The Conference featured high-level plenary sessions, interactive discussions and workshops, thematically guided by the FOC priorities identified in the Program of Action 2021, including digital inclusion, cybersecurity, disinformation, artificial intelligence, and challenges by authoritarian regimes.
Session recordings are available to view by visiting the Conference programme.
About the Freedom Online Conference
Periodically, the FOC holds a multistakeholder Conference that aims to deepen the discussion on how online freedoms are helping to promote social, cultural and economic development. The ownership of the Conference program and outputs lies with the host country, most often the Chair of the Coalition during that year.
At the time of its inauguration in 2011, the FO Conference was unique in its ability to facilitate a multistakeholder dialogue on issues related to human rights online. Since then, as the global landscape evolved and the issue gained currency elsewhere, the value proposition behind the Conference shifted towards advancing practical outcomes developed through the FOC Program of Action, and facilitating dialogue on issues relevant for the local context in which the Conference was taking place.
