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Internet Governance in January 2017

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Main events in January

• 15-18 Jan: UN World Data Forum (Cape Town)
• 17-20 Jan: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017 (Davos-Klosters)
• 23-24 Jan: Internet of Things Tech Expo Global 2017 (London)
• 23-25 Jan: CSTD 2016-2017 Inter-Sessional Panel (Geneva)
• 24-25 Jan: International Cybersecurity Forum (Lille)
• 25 Jan: ETNO-MLex Regulatory Summit 2017 (Brussels)
• 25-27 Jan: Computers, Privacy & Data Protection (Brussels)
• 26 Jan: ITU Workshop: Cybersecurity and Risk Assessments in Practice (Geneva)
• 26 Jan: Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum 2017 (Port of Spain)
• 26 Jan: UNOG Executive Briefing on Digital Policy (Geneva)
• 26-27 Jan: CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation: 2nd meeting (Geneva)
• 31 Jan: Violent Extremism Online - A Challenge to Peace and Security (Geneva)
• 31 Jan: EuroDIG Planning Meeting (Tallinn)
• 31 Jan: Into the Future: Europe’s Digital Integrated Market (Frankfurt)

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Trends

Top trends in digital policy in January

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US President’s first 100 days

• New makes an impact on global digital policy:
• Privacy Shield: Trump’s executive order on enhancing public safety limits

privacy protection only to US citizens, and could invalidate Privacy Shield. European Commission: Privacy Shield will remain

• Net neutrality: Newly

appointed FCC chair expected to initiate a review of net neutrality rules. Commission now has Republican majority

• New cybersecurity measures

expected in the coming days

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IGF preparations kick off

• Stakeholders were invited

to submit contributions on what worked last year, and what can be done to improve the overall IGF process this year

• IGF community wrapped up its 2016 inter-sessional work with the

publication of the final outputs of the Policy Options for Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion(s) initiative, and of the four best practice forums (gender, IXPs, IPv6, and cybersecurity).

• Next IGF on 18–21 December can capitalise on uniqueness of host city –

Geneva – the seat of many international and technical organisations covering more than 50% of international digital policy.

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USA-Russia: Cyber-saga continues

• New report by US intelligence services concludes with ‘high confidence’

that Russian President was behind influence campaign aimed at the US Presidential election; Russia denies accusations

• In Russia, three cybersecurity

specialists connected to Kremlin are arrested over allegations that they were spying for Washington

• How will the USA-Russia

resolve their cyber-tensions?

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Context for digital policy developments in 2017: (a) Globalisation and growth of the Internet:crisis of globalisationwill have unavoidable impact on the Internet, with restrictions and fragmentation (b) Jobs and employment: directly affected by the digital economy. The digital industry -often interpreted as leading to fewer available jobs -will increasingly come under pressure to contribute to solving the social costs

• f fast digital developments.

(c) The social impact of the Internet: discussions must be balanced while addressing risks, so as to not undermine positive developments

Setting the scene for 2017

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Predicting 2017

Forecast for 2017: Unsettled weather, stormy at times, with sunny spells

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Predicting 2017 again

1. Cyber geopolitics: between conflict and cooperation 2. Encryption: security and privacy 3. Content policy, fake news, and violent extremism content 4. Powerful interplay: Artificial intelligence – Internet of Things – Big data 5. Data governance and data localisation

Data interplay In detail: dig.watch/2017 predictions

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Predicting 2017 again

6. Digital trade and the Internet economy 7. ICANN after the IANA transition 8. Digital policy shaped by court decisions 9. Connecting the dots among digital policy silos

• 10. Digital realpolitik: from values

to interests

In detail: dig.watch/2017 predictions

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Main events in February

• 2 Feb: ITU CWG Child Online Protection - 13th Meeting (Geneva)
• 3, 6-7 Feb: ITU CWG-Internet - 4th Physical Open Consultation Meeting, and

9th Meeting (Geneva)

• 6-8 Feb: NANOG 69 (Washington)
• 7-8 Feb: ITU CWG-WSIS - 30th Meeting (Geneva)
• 14 Feb: WSIS Forum 2017 Open Consultation Process: 2nd Meeting (Geneva)
• 15 Feb: Strengthening Confidence Building in the OSCE (Vienna)
• 16-17 Feb: Domain pulse 2017 (Vienna)
• 17-19 Feb: Munich Security Conference 2017 (Munich)
• 20-24 Feb: UN Group of Governmental Experts: Third Session (Geneva)
• 21 Feb: Briefing for Heads of Missions: Digital Policy in SE Europe (Geneva)
• 27 Feb – 4 Mar: UN Human Rights Council - 34th Session (Geneva)

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From the Geneva Internet Platform & DiploFoundation

Ongoing…

• 23 Jan – 26 Mar: Just-in-time Course on Internet Governance 2017

Upcoming…

• 9 Feb: [Webinar] Standardisation: The Key to Unlock the Sustainable

Development Goals?

• 21 Feb: Briefing for Heads of Missions: Digital Policy in SE Europe (Geneva)
• 28 Feb: [Briefing] Internet governance in February 2017

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Regional updates

Local hubs & regional perspectives

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