The Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 12-15, 2007,听was the second of five annual global events that attract stakeholders from all walks of life who come together to discuss issues tied to the future of information and communications technologies.
This Web page offers links to full IGF coverage, including daily written and video reports assembled by Imagining the Internet. It explores key concerns, with expert interviews with people from around the world, including a survey on the future of Internet governance, six documentary packages, a multimedia slide show and 13 blogs. Most of the reports on this page were filed at IGF, as it took place, by an eight-person group from 乱伦视频’s School of Communications; other site content was processed in the months following the event. Thank you to Markus Kummer and the UN IGF Secretariat, as well as the many IGF participants who helped out with the gathering of this content.
Daily IGF Rio Blogs and Videos
November 11, 2007听– The Internet was invented in the global North, and it is currently dominated by Northern culture and languages. How can we expand the scope and听diversity听of content online? How can we support more local, user-generated content? How can we assure that content reaches disabled people? The elderly? The illiterate?
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November 12, 2007听– The Digital Divide was one of several key points of focus on the first official day of IGF Rio 2007.听How can we allow more people听补肠肠别蝉蝉听to the Internet? What are the infrastructure barriers? What are the cost barriers? What about people in developing countries, rural areas, islands? And what about the threat of economic barriers that could impede access to parts or all of the Internet?
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听November 13, 2007听–听Openness听in the world’s networks was a key theme of day two at IGF Rio. Those in attendance talked about ways听to foster freedom of expression, protecting privacy and property rights without limiting freedom of expression, and they discussed the Internet filters imposed by governments and corporations.
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November 14, 2007听– Internet听security听was one of the main topics of day three at IGF Rio. Attendees discussed听strategies to deal with threats to countries, businesses and individuals. Some threats include identity theft, cybercrime, cyberterrorism, cyberwar, pornography, spam, viruses and network attacks.
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听– by Janna Anderson
听– by Connie Book
November 15, 2007听– Throughout the 2007 Internet Governance Forum, participants discussed the future of听critical Internet resources, the infrastructure, control systems and protocols that allow the Internet to function as a stable global network.
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To see additional individual videos featuring IGF-Rio participants,
To see the videos in MPEG4 format (smaller file size),
To find out more about IGF and see details on upcoming activities,
Links to IGF-related content produced by the NGO IP Justice
The videos on this site are offered for use under a听 Noncommercial License allowing no derivative works. Executive producer, Janna Anderson; associate producers, Daniel Anderson and Connie Book; videographer and editor, J McMerty; and reporters, Anne Nicholson, Michele Hammerbacher, Dannika Lewis and Eryn Gradwell.