What can our most-read content of 2025 tell us about what’s next?

A snapshot of insights from our top 10 articles.

Last year, we actively engaged in the WSIS+20 review process. Among the many civil society contributions, this article highlighted the importance of diverse voices. Treating non-state actor input as an add-on is not enough. We need more inclusive and accountable multilateral governance!

📖 Read more: https://www.apc.org/en/blog/wsis20-review-chance-advance-multistakeholder-approach-leveraging-sao-paulo-multistakeholder

#WSIS20 #SPMGs #Multistakeholder #GlobalSouth #Recap

国連広報センターさん:
「「最大の利益を生む最善の方法が
 人々にとって必ずしも良い方法ではない」

ジョセフ・ゴードン=レヴィット氏
(俳優・映画監督)@hitRECordJoe

テクノロジーが社会をどのように形づくるのか
という議論が世界的に進む中、
なぜデジタル化が進む未来においても
「人間」と「目的」こそが
中心であるべきなのかを発信し続けてきました。

2025年12月、国連ハイレベル会合
「世界情報社会サミット」に出席した同氏に、
デジタル技術がもたらす希望と不安、
そしてその影響の中で圧倒され
孤独を感じる人々に何を伝えたいのか、
@UN_News_Centre
が話を聞きました。

#WSIS20」 / X
https://x.com/UNIC_Tokyo/status/2017432649519010043

国連広報センター (@UNIC_Tokyo) on X

「最大の利益を生む最善の方法が  人々にとって必ずしも良い方法ではない」 ジョセフ・ゴードン=レヴィット氏 (俳優・映画監督)@hitRECordJoe は テクノロジーが社会をどのように形づくるのか という議論が世界的に進む中、 なぜデジタル化が進む未来においても 「人間」と「目的」こそが

X (formerly Twitter)

APC's statement presentation during the High-Level Meeting on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (#WSIS+20) urging to "remember that WSIS is about harnessing digital tools for people-centred development, not about developing digital tools and processes".

https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/apc-statement-un-general-assembly-wsis20-high-level-meeting

#WSIS20

RE: https://techpolicy.social/@internetsociety/115737324110039899

An excellent success for #InternetGovernance and the future of the #Internet at the #WSIS20 meeting at the United Nations in New York!

The UN’s #WSIS20 outcome reaffirms what matters most: an open, interoperable, and secure internet grounded in multistakeholder governance. By preserving the Internet Governance Forum and rejecting centralized control, the UN strengthened the foundation for digital trade and U.S. tech competitiveness. Read CCIA’s statement: https://ccianet.org/news/2025/12/ccia-welcomes-wsis20-review-commitments-to-principled-internet-governance/

RECORDING – YOUTH IGF LEGACY WSIS+20 Online Side Event

VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP |  ARCHIVE | PERMALINK

On 15 December 2025. the Youth IGF convened an online side event to the WSIS+20 High-Level Meeting at the United Nations General Assembly, with the theme 'YOUTH IGF LEGACY - Shaping the Next Era of Internet Governance'. The session reflected on more than a decade of Youth IGF evolution, highlighting how youth engagement has moved

https://isoc.live/20019/

#post #WSIS20 #YouthIgf

Vor 20 Jahren haben die UNO-Staaten entschieden, das Internet gemeinsam mit Forschung, Firmen und Zivilgesellschaft zu verwalten. Nun ist das Mandat ausgelaufen. Wird es in der aktuellen Form erneuert werden?

#qsvpress #wsis20
https://www.srf.ch/news/international/wsis-20-uno-entscheid-ausstehend-wer-bestimmt-die-regeln-des-internets

«WSIS+20»: Die UNO bestimmt, wie es mit dem Internet weiter geht.

Seit 20 Jahren wird das Internet von allen Anspruchsgruppen gemeinsam verwaltet. Dieses Modell muss nun erneuert werden.

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)

RECORDING – IGF PNIF: Roles and responsibilities of the WSIS stakeholders in relation to Internet fragmentation IGF Policy Network on Internet Fragmentation

YOUTUBE | PATREON | TRANSCRIPT | ARCHIVE | PERMALINK

On September 30, 2025, the Internet Governance Forum Policy Network on Internet Fragmentation (PNIF) met to consider 'Roles and Responsibilities of the WSIS Stakeholders in Relation to Internet Fragmentation

https://isoc.live/19789/

#post #fragmentation #PNIF #wsis #WSIS20

>>> The WSIS+20 review: Additional ideas to build on APC’s proposal for a dedicated focus on financing

Harnessing ICTs for development and bridging digital divides will require further sustained investment in infrastructure and services, capacity-building, promotion of joint research and development and transfer of technology on mutually agreed terms.

----> Read more: https://www.apc.org/en/news/wsis20-review-additional-ideas-build-apcs-proposal-dedicated-focus-financing

#ICTforDevelopment #DigitalDivides #WSIS20

>>> What was the impact of the APC network over the past year?

Voices from the Global South contributed to reimaining internet governance ahead of the 20-year review of WSIS Process #WSIS20.

With @EngageMedia @7amleh @redesac_mx and more.

----> Stories in our Annual Report 👇

https://2024report.apc.org/

#apc2024 #GlobalSouth #BuildingIntersectionalCommonAgendas