Current happenings in the Internet governance context in March 2023:   Internet Governance was one of the topics on the agenda of the 2nd Democracy Summit (28 to 30 March 2023 in Washington). Over 100 countries participated in the event, many of them represented by heads of state and government such

Stakeholder contribution: DENIC seizes the opportunity to make the Cooperative’s concerns heard at highest political level. In August 2022, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMVD) presented the Digital Strategy Germany. It is the course book of the entire Federal Government for the cross-sectional issue of digitisation and

Current happenings in the Internet governance context in February 2023: The UNESCO conference "Internet for Trust" ended in Paris on 23 February 2023. 4,500 experts discussed the regulation of Internet platforms. Keynote speakers were UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Current happenings in the Internet governance context in January 2023: From 9 to 21 January, the fourth round of negotiations of the Ad Hoc Committee (AHC) on the elaboration of a UN Convention against Cybercrime took place in Vienna. The first draft text (Consolidated Negotiating Document/CDN) on the chapters

EU Commission awards contract to a European consortium under Czech leadership. Filtering requirements of tender viewed critically Becoming more independent from US-based tech giants in the ICT sector has been a strong intention of the EU Commission for some time: Digital sovereignty is the key to achieve this goal. This

Current happenings in the Internet governance context in December 2022: The 17th UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held in Addis Ababa ended on 4 December. Over 5,000 participants from 170 countries attended more than 300 sessions. The IGF was opened by Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Current happenings in the Internet governance context in November 2022: At the G20 Summit in Bali on 16 November 2022, the leading industrialised nations and emerging economies committed themselves to further digital transformation. In the future, the sustainable UN development goals shall have a greater impact on how digital economy