It’s a big week for ISOC
Related topics: Gender rights online Internet governance and digital policy
Author: Virginia (Ginger) Paque
ISOC (the Internet Society) is celebrating its 20th anniversary in Geneva at the Global INET Conference. Yesterday, discussions centered on Imagining the Future Internet: Collaborative Leadership Exchange highlighting user ideas, while today’s discussions include ‘The Rule of Law and the Internet: Is the online world different from the offline world?’
ISOC Next Generation Leader, Karim Attoumani Mohamed, graduate of the ISOC eLearning course (in collaboration with DiploFoundation), gives his hopes for the future of the Internet in this very short YouTube comment:
If you are not in Geneva for the meeting, join online using ISOC’s remote participation platform.
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