#SocialContractDigitalWellbeing

The #AuIGF Social Contrract for Digital Wellbeing is well worth a look. Currently seeking feedback towards a major global internet governance framework update (current process is pretty collaborative and many of us want to keep it that way).

https://auigf.au/position-paper

Also you bet I'm fixing this one up in person tomorrow haha

anyone wearing a .au shirt watch out. #auIGF

#auIGF Day 1 posed some interesting questions:

How do we make the internet trustworthy (without changing the existing power structures and big tech domination) (of course)?

How do we make sure web technology can exploit all people, not just people who live in cities or have money? (sorry I mean, make good use of technology to keep up with the transition away from existing systems that we decided we don't like anymore)

What do we do about the fact that the internet is dominated by 4 main companies? (we're not sure, waiting for someone else to fix it, but maybe AI will fix it or make it worse.)

It's easy to sit with my friends and laugh, get anxious and go up and shout out grass roots action and community power, but it's really scary when First Nations People stand up and ask in earnest:

"How will your program represent the interests of my community without being another blind-sided white 'we know what's best for you' tour around the country?:

and the presenters say:

"But everyone needs digital literacy skills! Using excel, AI and email are the defining features of a successful life!"

Hopeful for tomorrow's conversations shaking up the pot a bit more!

The data is saying that Australians have an unusually low level of trust in AI by international standards.

The researchers don't really know why.

#AuIGF #AuIGF2025

A diverse internet is less susceptible to single points of failure and makes the internet stronger and more innovative.. An internet more centralised, will inevitably lead us to an unsafe space for human interaction.

-Ram Mohan on a Diverse Internet

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First they came for the Late Show Hosts..
-- Prof Flew 😭

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Phew, just stood up the front and raised my point on general purpose computing and long term digital access. Nerve wracking, but I think it went down ok

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The internet bans are a big issue for Australia’s youth. It’s making young people question the fairness and validity of how our internet is run and governments role in this (paraphrased)

— Opening panel youth rep Ryan

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OH: “How do we help people understand the importance of open standards?”

Me: Just look at our national rails system. Where I live the local trains wait for each other as the second track is as switched to national gauge so can’t be used by local trains on a different gauge. If a government ever took the hit and really standardised the network (maybe over a decade), trains would run so much better. Locally I wouldn’t have to wait while our local train waits its turn to use the single track available. CRAZYNESS.

Standards matter people! /end of rant

#auigf #OpenStandards #auIGF2025

Impressed by the focus on accessibility at today’s Internet Governance Forum.

Remote users and those in the room all benefit from live AUSLAN interpretation as well as a live transcription text feed 😍.

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