Call for Topics 2022 - Private Sector
From IGF-USA
| Submission Number | Submission | Issue Areas | |
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| Submission Number | Submission | Issue Areas | |
| 2024 Submission 2 | Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse at no cost, and without needing to ask permission. Unlike traditional copyrighted resources, OER have been authored or created by an individual or organization that chooses to allow for re-use and adaptation of their work.
In some cases, that means you can download a resource and share it with colleagues and students. In other cases, you may be able to download a resource, edit it in some way, and then re-post it as a remixed work. How do you know your options? OER often have a Creative Commons license or other permission to let you know how the material may be used, reused, adapted, and shared. You can use OER to supplement (or even replace) traditional educational resources. | Access and Digital Inclusion • Artificial Intelligence • Emerging Technologies | |
| 2024 Submission 7 | Taking the US Cyber Trust mark global to protect consumers around the world. | Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety | |
| 2024 Submission 13 | Threats to functioning multistakeholder governance - local, federal and international efforts to undermine existing, working governance models and replace with less open and transparent regulatory regimes. | Other | |
| 2024 Submission 14 | Debate the efficacy of a “duty of care” standard for platform content policy. | Content Policy | |
| 2024 Submission 15 | US election security threats created by AI - video, calls, ads, social media posts that can be used to spread dis and misinformation and undermine 2024 election integrity. | Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety | |
| 2024 Submission 12 | Leveraging the Multistakeholder Approach for Combatting Online Abuse: Effective and Ineffective Engagement Strategies | Content Policy • Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Data Governance and Privacy • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 21 | While AI appears to be the flavour of the moment, clearly it is a double edged sword; an extremely dangerous and pervasive technology that is so terribly open to abuse in so many sectros of society.
Therefore it would seem imperative that trustworthy AI (and the underpinning data structures) that need to be implemented and should form the basis of new legislation emerging from our various political leadership groups. Unfortunately, these representatives have very little understanding of the problem space, let alone having ever implemented such computational techniques. Perhaps the IGF can come up with soem guidance on how AI could be made compliant with forthcoming legislation? | Artificial Intelligence • Data Governance and Privacy | |
| 2024 Submission 22 | The Future of Internet Governance: Can Multi-Stakeholderism be Saved from Corporate Capture? | Content Policy • Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Digital Markets and Competition • Emerging Technologies • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 23 | (duplicate of 2024 Submission 22) | ||
| 2024 Submission 24 | 1. Responsible use of the Internet.
2. Potential fragmentation caused by artificial intelligence. 3. The need for free tools for privacy to protect Human Rights. 4. Potentially harmful packaging (e.g., privacy loss, restricted access, lack of competition, etc.) of core Internet functionality (data transmission, management, prioritization, identity/IP protection, etc.) as products to users. 5. Governments using the Internet to build small business capacity and global competitiveness. | Access and Digital Inclusion • Artificial Intelligence • Data Governance and Privacy • Digital Markets and Competition • Emerging Technologies • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 28 | Responsible use of the Internet. Privacy tools for consumers as a Human Right. AI’s impact on fragmentation. Potential harms associated with the increase in commodification of core Internet infrastructure. Government, small business and the Internet. | Access and Digital Inclusion • Artificial Intelligence • Data Governance and Privacy • Digital Markets and Competition • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 31 | Access and Digital Inclusion This panel will focus on redlining in the US and what does exclusion of these communities mean for our efforts to close the digital connectivity divide. The Panel will offer a retrospective on why many communities are being redlined, even during the past year when the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) has been available, and what can be done to make communities more attractive to providers. The panel will also attempt to provide some solutions on how communities can make themselves more attractive and bring in providers. | Access and Digital Inclusion • Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Data Governance and Privacy | |
| 2024 Submission 32 | Access and Digital Inclusion
This panel will provide a review of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and why with all its successes in enabling many communities to be able to afford Broadband has not led Congress to provide additional funding to continue the program. Are there other solutions that have yet to be tried that could bring us closer to ending the connectivity gap in the US? | Access and Digital Inclusion | |
| 2024 Submission 35 | The US lack of uniform data governance and data privacy policies. States are moving forward creating inconsistent requirements. Competing around the world is increasing challenges for US companies. | Data Governance and Privacy • Digital Markets and Competition | |
| 2024 Submission 43 | At IGF-USA 2024, we propose discussing the intersection of cyber norms and the metaverse, exploring how evolving digital landscapes shape international law and governance. Additionally, topics such as AI in cyberdiplomacy, the impact of cyber feminism on normative frameworks, and the role of drone technology in cyberspace security could foster insightful discussions on emerging challenges and opportunities in the digital realm. These discussions are crucial for promoting responsible conduct, safeguarding fundamental rights, and advancing global cybersecurity efforts in the digital age. | Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety | |
| 2024 Submission 46 | How does the ruling in NetChoice supreme court cases affect federal and state government powers to impose requirements on social media content moderation practices? | Content Policy • Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Digital Markets and Competition • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 47 | What are the respective roles of government, business, civil society and parents in controlling how minors access online services and apps? | Access and Digital Inclusion • Content Policy • Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Data Governance and Privacy • Digital Markets and Competition • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 48 | Should ISPs, App stores, and domain name resolution services monitor user activity in order to enforce government restrictions, such as the TikTok ban? | Access and Digital Inclusion • Content Policy • Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 49 | To what extent is robust encryption a crucial part of the cybersecurity and privacy landscape? Should government be able to compel access to in transit messages? | Content Policy • Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety • Data Governance and Privacy • Online Harms | |
| 2024 Submission 54 | The federal government, through collusion with, and coercion of social media platforms censored speech that countered the government position on policies (covid treatment, origin and vaccination) and was detrimental to Democratic party officials (Hunter Biden laptop, election integrity). Shockingly, the Biden administration is doubling down in a supreme court battle to continue those anti-free-speech activities.
There seems to be a coordinated shrug among the usual guardians of free speech in the press and NGO's like the ACLU. How do we reign in Big Brother? | Content Policy |
