The Technology Facilitation Mechanism for the Sustainable Development Goals is inviting participants from civil society, academia, the private sector and the technical community to join online discussions on science, technology and innovation for SDGs. These discussions will be moderated by internationally recognised experts and will feed directly into the first multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation [...]

The OSCE’s 57 participating states have adopted Decision No. 1201 that expands the organisation’s list of confidence-building measures (CBMs) to reduce the risks of conflict stemming from the use of ICT. The new measures build on the first round of CBMs adopted in 2013, adding five more measures that encourage cooperation in critical infrastructure protection, [...]

In a speech given at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Robert Hannigan, director of the UK Government Communications Headquarters (the UK intelligence agency) asked for a strengthened cooperation between governments and technology companies in order to end the ‘abuse of encryption’ by a ‘minority of people who want to do harm to others’. Hannigan [...]

The Global Forum of Cyber Expertise (GFCE) is calling upon civil society, academia and the technical community to apply for membership of the GFCE Advisory Board. The Advisory Board aims to 'provide the overall strategic direction of the GFCE', as well as to 'provide substantive input and recommendations to capacity building initiatives, for example by encouraging [...]

In a report published earlier this year, the World Economic Forum includes breakdown of critical information infrastructure and networks and large scale cyber-attacks among the most concerning global risks for 2016. According to the report, ‘the failure to understand and address risks related to technology, primarily the systemic cascading effects of cyber risks or the [...]

Around 30 civil society groups from around the world sent an open letter to Mark Zuckerber on  Facebook's 'net neutrality advocacy in India'. Signatories complain about the fact that, in its attempt to attract support for its Free Basics programme, the company 'asserts statistics and arguments [...] that lack proper sourcing and that rely on [...]

Efforts to peacefully protest Facebook’s Free Basics project for violating net neutrality at the IGF in Brazil were shut down by UN security staff. The protest was carried out during the IGF’s Opening Ceremony, and the silent protestors who were holding banners with messages in English and Portuguese were removed from the conference. A number [...]

The GIP data-mining of submissions for WSIS+10 non-paper reveals that Digital development is the most relevant IG issue covered overall, appearing as a priority for the private sector, civil society, governments and international organisations.