RECORDING – UK Internet Governance Forum (UK IGF) 2025

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On 11th December 2025 the UK Internet Governance Forum (UK IGF) was convened in London, with the same overall theme as the global IGF which took place in Lillestrøm, Norway in June 2025: “Building Digital Governance Together”.

01 – Welcome and Opening of IGF Esther Jaromitski - DSIT UK
Matthew McDermott - Director of AI, Access

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This week's net.wars, "ID is football", sees the arrival of Australia's social media ban for under-16s and leads a panel on digital ID at #UKIGF: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/12/12/id-is-football/ #NetWars #privacy #digitalid #osa
ID is football

On Wednesday, Australia woke up to its new social media ban for under-16s. As Ange Lavoipierre explains at ABC News, the ban isn't total. Under-16s are barred f

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Rreminder for those interested in Internet and other tech issues, #ukigf is tomorrow Dec 11 (remote or in-person in London): https://www.ukigf.org.uk.
UK Internet Governance Forum - UK IGF

The UK Internet Governance Forum is the national internet governance forum for the United Kingdom. It is a collaborative partnership that provides a local forum in the UK to engage industry, government, parliament, academia and civil society in debate on Internet Governance issues. Internet Governance Forums (IGFs) are an initiative led by the United Nations […]

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The UK Internet Governance Forum 2025 takes place on December 11 in London. Registration is open here: https://ukigf.org.uk/events/uk-igf-2025/?_hsmi=384400848 #UKIGF #DigitalRights
UK IGF 2025 - UK IGF

UK Internet Governance Forum Meeting 2025 Building Digital Governance Together This year’s UK Internet Governance Forum (UK IGF) will follow the same overall theme as the global IGF which took place in Lillestrøm, Norway in June 2025: “Building Digital Governance Together”.  Elaborating on responses to the Call for Issues and input from the UK IGF […]

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This week's net.wars, "Digital distrust", goes to the #UKIGF and connects AI governance to digital exclusion: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2024/11/08/digital-distrust/ #NetWars #DigitalExclusion #AI
Digital distrust

On Tuesday, at the UK Internet Governance Forum, a questioner asked this: "Why should I trust any technology the government deploys?" She had come armed with a

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WEBCAST NOV 5 : UK Internet Governance Forum 2024

On Tuesday November 5 2024 the UK Internet Governance Forum 2024 will be held in London. The UK Internet Governance Forum (UK IGF) is the national IGF for the United Kingdom. The purpose of IGFs is to facilitate a common understanding of how to maximise the opportunities of the internet whilst mitigating the risks and challenges that the internet presents. Messages from the UK I

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This week's net.wars, "The safe place", realizes that the UK's oncoming online safety bill will fragment the Internet: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2023/07/21/the-safe-place/ #NetWars #OnlineSafetyBill #FreedomOfExpression #Censorship #privacy #ukigf
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For a long time, fear that technical decisions – new domain names ($)(, cooption of open standards or software, laws mandating data localization – would splinter the Internet. “Balkanize” was heard a lot. A panel at the UK Internet Governance Forum a couple of weeks ago focused on this exact topic, and was mostly self-congratulatory. … Continue reading "The safe place"

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WEBCAST JUL 11 : UK Internet Governance Forum 2023

On Tuesday July 11 2023 the UK Internet Governance Forum 2023 will be held in London. The UK Internet Governance Forum (UK IGF) is the national IGF for the United Kingdom. The purpose of IGFs is to facilitate a common understanding of how to maximise the opportunities of the Internet whilst mitigating the risks and challenges that the internet presents. Messages from

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WEBCAST JUL 11 : UK Internet Governance Forum 2023 - ISOC LIVE NOTICEBOARD

On Tuesday July 11 2023 the UK Internet Governance Forum 2023 will be held in London. The UK Internet Governance Forum (UK IGF) is the national IGF for the United Kingdom. The purpose of IGFs is to facilitate a common understanding of how to maximise the opportunities of the Internet whilst mitigating the risks and […]

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Good piece from the #guardian on the #DigitalDivice that should have gone away b now but in fact is getting much worse as alternatives to online transactions disappear. Paritcularly but not only a problem for people over 75, who have the lowest percentage of internet use, as Ofco mhas established and as dicussedd at #ukigf https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/nov/26/britons-digital-banking-shopping-parking
‘It’s discrimination’: millions of Britons frozen out in the digital age

From banking to shopping and parking, consumers without access to tech are left frustrated

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