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• 17:44, 11 August 2026 Avri talk contribs created page Steering Committee membership (Created page with "A multistakeholder core team has been organized as the Steering group: Name Organization Stakeholder affiliation Ron da Silva Network Technologies Global Business & Technical Judith Hellerstein ISOC-DC Civil Society Burt Lum ISOC-HI / US Gov Government Fiona Alexander American U Academic Keith Drazek Verisign...")
• 14:53, 11 August 2026 Avri talk contribs moved page Draft Agenda to Draft Program
• 14:52, 11 August 2026 Avri talk contribs moved page Draft Agenda 11 Aug 2026 to Draft Agenda
• 14:36, 11 August 2026 Avri talk contribs created page Draft Agenda 11 Aug 2026 (Created page with "Draft Agenda for IGF USA 9 September 2026 1030 Arrival 1100 - 1230 Recap of the last few years in Internet Governance, governance issues with emerging technologies, and WSIS decisions Session covering what has happened in the area of Internet Governance since the last IGF-USA. This will be a TBD panel, with Q&A, of those who have participated in the changes that the governance framework has been going through over the last few years. Planning for 4 speakers for thi...")
• 01:03, 8 August 2026 Avri talk contribs created page File:IGF-USA Announcement.png (A graphic presenting the vision for IGF-USA 2026 as "A New Model for Multi-stakeholder Engagement." Across the top, a large title and subtitle explain the focus on long-term resilience through a distributed, inclusive, and structurally sound multistakeholder model. The left side, titled "Structural Realignment," illustrates three initiatives: a dual-committee governance model with stacked Steering and Programming Committees supported by governance, administration, and financial sustainability...)
• 01:03, 8 August 2026 Avri talk contribs uploaded File:IGF-USA Announcement.png (A graphic presenting the vision for IGF-USA 2026 as "A New Model for Multi-stakeholder Engagement." Across the top, a large title and subtitle explain the focus on long-term resilience through a distributed, inclusive, and structurally sound multistakeholder model. The left side, titled "Structural Realignment," illustrates three initiatives: a dual-committee governance model with stacked Steering and Programming Committees supported by governance, administration, and financial sustainability...)
• 16:29, 7 August 2026 Ron da Silva talk contribs created page IGF-USA Code of Conduct (Created page with "IGF-USA Code of Conduct The Internet Governance Forum of the United States of America (IGF-USA) is an initiative of multistakeholder interaction and discussion. Participants are drawn from a diverse, national and international population. It is essential that everyone who takes part can do so safely and with respect for other participants. All participants must agree to the following Code of Conduct, - Adhere to the purpose of the IGF-USA in illuminating issues and cul...")
• 05:03, 6 August 2026 IGF-USA talk contribs changed group membership for Ron da Silva from (none) to administrator, interface administrator, bureaucrat and suppressor
• 05:03, 6 August 2026 User account Ron da Silva talk contribs was created by IGF-USA talk contribs and password was sent by email (Admin)
• 23:29, 4 August 2026 IGF-USA talk contribs changed group membership for Avri from (none) to administrator, interface administrator, bureaucrat and suppressor
• 23:27, 4 August 2026 User account Avri talk contribs was created by IGF-USA talk contribs and password was sent by email (Boss)
• 23:04, 4 August 2026 IGF-USA talk contribs created page File:IGF-USA 2026.jpg (A graphic presenting the vision for IGF-USA 2026 as "A New Model for Multi-stakeholder Engagement." Across the top, a large title and subtitle explain the focus on long-term resilience through a distributed, inclusive, and structurally sound multistakeholder model. The left side, titled "Structural Realignment," illustrates three initiatives: a dual-committee governance model with stacked Steering and Programming Committees supported by governance, administration, and financial sustainabilit...)
• 23:04, 4 August 2026 IGF-USA talk contribs uploaded File:IGF-USA 2026.jpg (A graphic presenting the vision for IGF-USA 2026 as "A New Model for Multi-stakeholder Engagement." Across the top, a large title and subtitle explain the focus on long-term resilience through a distributed, inclusive, and structurally sound multistakeholder model. The left side, titled "Structural Realignment," illustrates three initiatives: a dual-committee governance model with stacked Steering and Programming Committees supported by governance, administration, and financial sustainabilit...)
• 22:59, 4 August 2026 IGF-USA talk contribs created page IGF-USA 2026 Program Committee Invite (Avri letter)
• 17:40, 14 July 2026 IGF-USA talk contribs created page IGF-USA 2026 Meeting Report 2 (pasted from google drive)
• 17:26, 14 July 2026 IGF-USA talk contribs created page IGF-USA 2026 Meeting Report 1 (Copied from Google drive)
• 17:15, 14 July 2026 IGF-USA talk contribs created page IGF-USA 2024 (Moved from main page)
• 23:06, 21 February 2025 IGF-USA talk contribs protected IGF 2024 Steering Committee [Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) (hist)
• 16:36, 24 July 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs moved page Steering Committee - July 24 204 to Steering Committee - Jul 24 2024 (revert)
• 16:34, 24 July 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs moved page Steering Committee - July 204 24 to Steering Committee - July 24 204
• 16:33, 24 July 2024 108.27.224.137 talk created page Steering Committee - July 204 24 (Created page with " Bartlett Cleland, Ann Morton, Melinda Clem, Kenneth Merrill, David McAuley, David Strudwick, Edwan Fon, James Galvin, Keith Drazek, Mia McAllister, Rick Lane, Steve DelBianco, Rick Lane, Tom Bascom * Some panel leads and members were assigned per the spreadsheet")
• 19:07, 30 April 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page Steering Committee - Apr 30 2024 (Created page with " Melinda Clem, Joly MacFie, Bartlett Cleland, Steve DelBianco, Mike Nelson, Rick Lane, Judith Hellerstein, Mia, Tom Bascom, Kenneth Merrill finalize topic list, group by series, and form teams [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Gt_8NUaqpX80BgtZ1mqUiyP6ijcGsl_jxnHUz_mOkwQ/edit?usp=sharing Panel groups spreadsheet] 1. Content Policy topics (starts row 22) * Topics need to be conflated rather than selected * Online safety regulation & KOSA (29) 2. Data & Privacy...")
• 16:05, 24 April 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page Steering Committee - Apr 24 2024 (Created page with " Melinda Clem, Joly MacFie, Edwan Fon, Ryan Burns, Bartlett Cleland, Kathleen Scoggin, Ann Morton, Chelsea Horne, Steve DelBianco, David Macauley, Mia McAllister Recap of previous meeting IGF NRI session participation Responsible governance of new and emerging digital technologies Important not to focus only on AI, but use the AI regulation as an example to illustrate how new and emerging tech could be regulated Consider comparative practices and how multistakehold...")
• 15:01, 26 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page Steering Committee - Mar 26 2024 (Created page with " 1. Welcome 2. Administrative details 3. Secretariat update 4. NRI coordination 5. Proposed format: nation-wide hybrid series (see below) 6. Call for topics review and selection 7. AOB Proposed Hybrid Series * Our current model has IGF-USA providing one long day of informative sessions at a venue in Washington DC. To better reach areas in the US and get closer to where more tech is happening, we need to be relevant in other locations. It is proposed that for 202...")
• 09:23, 25 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 54 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/24 11:03:00 PM |SG=Private Sector |Submission=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...")
• 21:07, 22 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 53 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/22 00:00:00 |SG=Civil Society / Academia |Submission=An important debate in the Internet Governance community is the appropriate role of domain registries and registrars in content regulation. While these entities have a responsibility to enforce contractual provisions related to DNS abuse, they must also navigate complex legal and jurisdictional issues when responding to requests to take down or suspend domain names hosting alleged...")
• 21:06, 22 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 52 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/22 02:42:00 PM |SG=Civil Society / Academia |Submission=An important debate in the Internet Governance community is the appropriate role of domain registries and registrars in content regulation. While these entities have a responsibility to enforce contractual provisions related to DNS abuse, they must also navigate complex legal and jurisdictional issues when responding to requests to take down or suspend domain names hosting alleg...")
• 21:03, 22 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 51 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/22 02:22:00 PM |SG=Civil Society / Academia |Submission=Although there is a trending movement towards youth inclusion in the Internet Governance ecosystem, these movements are often disconnected and inaccessible to youth without a mentor in the field. This panel would discuss mechanisms to ensure best practices across youth initiatives and foster meaningful engagement among young people in Internet Governance. It will explore creatin...")
• 17:34, 21 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 50 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/21 05:23:00 PM |SG=Civil Society / Academia |Submission=Online safety and well-being is a focus area for state and federal policymakers in the United States as the United Kingdom, European Union, Singapore, Australia and other companies are implementing new online safety regulations for social media and other online services. What are areas of consensus and opportunities to standardize online safety measures and compliance across reg...")
• 17:22, 21 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 49 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/21 03:10:00 PM |SG=Private Sector |Submission=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? |Links=Suggested speaker: Bartlett Cleland - More than 25 years working on federal encryption public pollic |Issue_Areas=Content Policy, Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety, Data Governance and Privacy, Online Harms }}")
• 17:19, 21 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 48 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/21 02:49:00 PM |SG=Private Sector |Submission=Should ISPs, App stores, and domain name resolution services monitor user activity in order to enforce government restrictions, such as the TikTok ban? |Issue_Areas=Access and Digital Inclusion, Content Policy, Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety, Online Harms }}")
• 17:16, 21 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 47 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/21 02:47:00 PM |SG=Private Sector |Submission=What are the respective roles of government, business, civil society and parents in controlling how minors access online services and apps? |Issue_Areas=Access and Digital Inclusion, Content Policy, Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety, Data Governance and Privacy, Digital Markets and Competition, Online Harms }}")
• 17:12, 21 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 46 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/21 02:45:00 PM |SG=Private Sector |Submission=How does the ruling in NetChoice supreme court cases affect federal and state government powers to impose requirements on social media content moderation practices? |Links=Suggested panelist: Steve DelBianco, CEO of NetChoice, who brought these lawsuits. Spoke about these cases in multiple settings, including the State of the Net in 2024 }}")
• 02:53, 21 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 45 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/20 08:58:00 PM |SG=Other |Submission=1. Cancel Culture 2. The shadowbanning of conservative Christians. |Links=Current liberal Western media companies, including Fox. |Issue_Areas=Content Policy, Data Governance and Privacy }}")
• 16:58, 20 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 44 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/20 03:13:00 PM |SG=Technical Community |Submission=Connectivity opens new opportunities for Rural communities improving their quality of life. It is increasingly a necessity for economic development, education, and healthcare while helping the rural community’s achieve economic self-sufficiency. However, there are many challenges, opportunities, and options to providing sustainable, reliable, and affordable connectivity to rural ar...")
• 08:08, 20 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 43 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/20 07:13:00 AM |SG=Private Sector |Submission=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...")
• 21:53, 19 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 42 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/19 09:44:00 PM |SG=Technical Community |Submission=The great telecom swindle. As per Bruce Kushnick who has been dragging skeletons out of incumbent closets for years to illustrate how they have been building their wireless (= non-regulated) fiber infrastructure by dumping the capital cost onto legacy utility (Title 2) customers, repeatedly promising fiber to the home in return for rate increases, all the while reporting losses and l...")
• 01:00, 17 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 41 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/16 10:25:00 PM |SG=Government / Intergovernmental organization |Submission=I suggest to discuss the feasibility and paths toward building an inclusive international regulation framework of artificial intelligence. Currently, the benefits generated by AI are mostly shared among developed countries, while the risks tend to go to developing countries and under-developed countries. Unequal distribution of AI-related benefits and risks is...")
• 18:20, 16 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 40 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/16 04:44:00 PM |SG=Technical Community |Submission=What happens when Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Prime Ministers provide real "Digital Leadership"? Today, most of the thorniest digital policy issues have been unresolved because within each national government, agencies have competing agendas. What can we learn from countries (including the U.S.) where top polotical leaders have forced the consensus needed to craft clear digital...")
• 18:16, 16 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 39 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/16 04:22:00 PM |SG=Technical Community |Submission=It's 2024. Why isn't everyone using digital cash and digital wallets? Since Cybercash was launched in 1994, Internet users have wanted an easy, private way to easily send dollars over the Net. Who and what has blocked such services? Privacy concerns? Incumbents? Police? Lack of standards? Lack of trust? |Links=Founders of Cybercash (Steve Crocker) and other e-cash pioneers. Experts o...")
• 18:13, 16 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 38 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/16 03:35:00 PM |SG=Civil Society / Academia |Submission=I am interested in debates around safety and protections among and between online sex workers and the consumers of online sexual activity. Right now there is a confrontation between P*rnhub and the states of Virginia and Mississippi, where new age verification laws have made it difficult to provide their content without significant roadblocks. Many sex workers and activists are...")
• 18:11, 16 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 37 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/16 01:45:00 PM |SG=Civil Society / Academia |Submission=Little research has focused on geography as a context for AI deployment and policy. Further, even within current contexts for investigations, there is a distinct bias for scrutinizing technology and impacts within an urban context. This ignores the people and communities in non-urban spaces that, too, are and will be impacted by the creation and use of artificial intelligence. T...")
• 12:01, 16 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 36 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/16 11:07:00 AM |SG=Civil Society / Academia |Submission=The threat and promise of AI for the rights and privileges in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and why they should be the model for an agreed common set of human values for AI alignment. Pained but not surprised Human Rights not in your list of Issue Area categories. Most of the focus has been on the potential challenges AI poses for HRs, not on the positives. |Links=T...")
• 09:28, 16 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 35 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/16 06:59:00 AM |SG=Private Sector |Submission=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. |Issue_Areas=Data Governance and Privacy, Digital Markets and Competition }}")
• 17:49, 15 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 34 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/15 03:43:00 |SG=Government / Intergovernmental organization |Submission=The current digital landscape struggles to offer a system that installs trust and confidence in online interactions. Despite the rapid growth of online services and the critical need for secure identification, there is no cohesive mechanism in place to introduce a level of trust that mirrors what we experience in the physical world. This has resulted in inconsis...")
• 17:48, 15 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 33 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/15 03:38:00 PM |SG=Government / Intergovernmental organization |Submission=Artificial Intelligence represents one of the greatest paradigm disruptions that the FBI has ever seen. AI technology has the potential to augment and empower the agents and analysts of the FBI, leveraging technology to supercharge their ability to achieve decision advantage in previously unforeseen ways. Keeping up with the pace of technology evolution, and c...")
• 17:44, 15 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 32 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/15 03:05:00 PM |SG=Private Sector |Submission=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...")
• 17:43, 15 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 31 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/15 03:05:00 PM |SG=Private Sector |Submission=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 commu...")
• 13:55, 15 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 30 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/15 11:52:00 AM |SG=Civil Society / Academia |Submission=How municipalities are working with federal, state, and private partners to increase broadband deployment, digital equity and consumer protection. |Links=Suggested panelist: Ryan Johnston |Issue_Areas=Access and Digital Inclusion, Cybersecurity Cybercrime and Online Safety, Data Governance and Privacy, Digital Markets and Competition }}")
• 10:50, 15 March 2024 IGF-USA talk contribs created page 2024 Submission 29 (Created page with "{{Submissions 2024 |Timestamp=2024/03/15 09:56:00 AM |SG=Civil Society / Academia |Submission=Challenges of Internet Governance in Developing Countries |Links=Each and every country has its own challenges of Internet Governance but there are certain common issues faced by developing countries such as : lack of uninterrupted connectivity, affordability, illiteracy, reach. In case these issues are addressed effectively life of people in these countries will be more comfor...")