Trust and Collaboration – Key Features for the Internet’s Future

Last week, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), in collaboration with the Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIG), hosted a conference on Internet governance and cybersecurity. The conference gathered a variety of experts to discuss issues pertaining to Internet governance, human rights, data protection and privacy, digital trade, innovation and security.

The narrative of the conference was consistent with the challenges that we see currently in the Internet ecosystem, both in terms of technology as well as the way we view the Internet as a tool of social and political empowerment. Data localization, increasing amount of regulation and accountability were themes that proliferated in the two day discussions as they do in most such conferences.
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