UN Secretary-General Appoints Gbenga Sesan, 9 Others to Serve on Inaugural IGF Leadership Panel
The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has appointed Mr. Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative and nine other high-level and eminent persons to serve on his inaugural Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Leadership Panel.
The...
Mozilla Launches Dataset to Assess Transparency and Accountability on Network Outages
Mozilla, makers of the Firefox browser, has launched an anonymous telemetry dataset to enable researchers access and explore signals of network outages globally. The initiative is aimed at creating more transparency around outages, a...
IGF Calls for Nomination of Candidates for its Leadership Panel
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has issued a call for the nomination of candidates from all stakeholder and regional groups for its inaugural Leadership Panel for the 2022 and 2023 cycles.
Candidates’ nominations can be...
Paradigm Initiative Announces Date for DRIF24, Calls for Session Proposals
Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a non-governmental organisation that works to connect underserved young Africans with digital opportunities, and ensure the protection of their rights, has announced that it will host the 2024 edition of the...
UNESCO Issues Guidelines for Governance of Digital Platforms to Safeguard Free Expression, Access to...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has issued a new report titled “Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms: Safeguarding Freedom of Expression and Access to Information through a Multistakeholder Approach”,...
Digital Rights Groups Urge Governments and Private Sector to Safeguard Privacy and Promote Strong...
In commemoration of 2023 Global Encryption Day, Digital Rights Groups, including Media Rights Agenda (MRA), have urged governments and the private sector to reject efforts to undermine encryption and instead pursue policies that enhance,...