Council of Europe at the 2022 Internet Governance Forum in Ethiopia - Council of Europe

Council of Europe Strasbourg 28 November 2022

The Council of Europe is taking portion successful the 17th United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) hosted by the authorities of Addis-Ababa (Ethiopia) from 28 November to 2 December. Held successful a hybrid format nether the theme “Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future”, the IGF volition bring unneurotic assorted stakeholder groups including representatives of government, business, civilian society, the academics, and planetary organisations to sermon public argumentation issues relating to the Internet. While it does not person a decision-making mandate, the IGF informs and inspires policies and encourages cognition speech connected however to maximise net opportunities and code risks and challenges.

In summation to participating successful the wide discussions, the Council of Europe volition enactment a circumstantial absorption connected artificial intelligence, integer citizenship education, combatting hatred code and cybercrime. On 28 November, Jan Kleijssen, Director of Information Society and Action against Crime, volition beryllium the keynote talker astatine a panel connected the regulatory challenges of addressing precocious technologies (AI and Metaverse). On 29 November, an open forum volition analyse ways successful which a Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Recommendation adopted successful 2019 aims to beforehand integer citizenship education. On 30 November, successful practice with the UN Office connected Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect, the Council of Europe volition organise an open forum connected however to combat hatred speech, including the Committee of Ministers Recommendation connected combatting hatred code adopted successful May 2022. Finally, connected 1 December the organisation volition co-organise a workshop exploring however to champion to get the physics grounds needed to property cyberattacks, guarantee accountability and bring offenders to justice.

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