Do you know why people protested last winter against ACTA and SOPA? Are there ways to protect your data stored at Facebook servers in the cloud? Should Twitter filter messages in accordance with national law?

These and many other questions are coming into the focus of the global public. The more we rely on the Internet, the more important its governance becomes. Through this section you can access research papers, blogs, videos and visualisations of the main Internet governance issues. You can also learn about the Internet governance policy processes, and the positions of main players and stakeholders. The ‘IG Building Under Construction’, a mapping of Internet governance issues, provides a good starting point.

Every month you can attend interactive webinars summarising the most important current developments in IG. If you want to learn more about IG you can join the annual Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme (IGCBP) which has trained over 1000 professionals from more than 140 countries worldwide since its inception in 2003. E-see you at Diplo’s IG activities!

INTERNET GOVERNANCE COURSES

Right now: Foundation Phase course: Introduction to Internet Governance
Starting soon: Advanced Phase courses: Cybersecurity | E-participation | History of Internet Governance | ICT Policy and Strategic Planning | Infrastructure and Critical Internet Resources | Intellectual Property Rights | Privacy and Personal Data Protection. Applications for the Advanced Phase courses are now being accepting. Read the call for applications. now on. Deadline: 15 May