Premier Forum Marocain de la Gouvernance de l’Internet (MIGF’25 / 1st Moroccan Internet Governance Forum) — In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary

The 3-Line Summary

In February–March 2025, Morocco's first national Internet Governance Forum, MIGF'25, met at the INPT engineering school in Rabat — convened by the Internet Society's Moroccan chapter (MISOC) under the theme 'Internet governance in the age of AI and media.'
Digital-transition minister Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni opened, the CNDP data-protection authority's president gave the keynote, and four sessions tackled AI and disinformation, data governance, and the future of AI and media in Morocco.
The first national School on Internet Governance (MSIG'25) launched in the same period, marking Morocco's entry into the NRI family — though official notices (17 March) and press reports (a three-day forum opening 17 February) leave the exact dates unresolved.

Welcome — this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Premier Forum Marocain de la Gouvernance de l'Internet (MIGF'25 / 1st Moroccan Internet Governance Forum) draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.

Conference at a Glance (from official records)

Item	Detail
Official name	Premier Forum Marocain de la Gouvernance de l'Internet (MIGF'25 / 1st Moroccan Internet Governance Forum)
Dates	17 March 2025 (per MISOC's official announcement and programme)
Venue	Institut National des Postes et Télécommunications (INPT), Rabat
Theme	Gouvernance de l'Internet à l'ère de l'IA et des Médias (Internet governance in the age of AI and media)
Side events	The first national School on Internet Governance (MSIG'25) ran in the same period
Host	MISOC (Internet Society Morocco chapter)

(See the source list at the end of this article.)

Discussion Digest — from the Session Records

Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.

1. AI and Disinformation — 'Equipping' Media Professionals

Sessions: Session 1, 'AI and the fight against disinformation: challenges for the media,' and related sessions

MISOC president Abdelaziz Hilali argued that AI has become an essential part of daily life with direct impact on information, and that the forum's focus was equipping media professionals with methods to identify fake news and misleading information (translated summary of MAP-syndicated reports) [2][3][4]
UM6P professor Lamiae Azizi and others analysed AI's impact on fake news and deep fakes, with a session on practical monitoring tools for journalists [2][3][4]
Raising cybersecurity awareness and practical measures to protect the data of individuals and institutions were also stressed [2][3][4]

2. Data Governance and Privacy — the CNDP President's Keynote

Sessions: Session 2, 'Data governance and privacy protection in the AI era'

CNDP president Omar Seghrouchni called for reconciling AI development with respect for human rights under a global, inclusive vision (translated summary of MAP-syndicated reports) [4][3]
He urged clarifying and unifying data-protection concepts and drawing up a roadmap to strengthen Morocco's international positioning in the field [4][3]
Technical and commercial efficiency through AI, he argued, must not come at the expense of ethical principles — with innovation support and human-resource training to match [4][3]

3. A Minister Opens NRI Year One — Twinned with the MSIG'25 School

Sessions: Opening session and overall design

The official programme had digital-transition minister Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni deliver the opening address, with MISOC's Hilali presenting MIGF'25's objectives: understanding AI's impact, stimulating dialogue, building an innovation ecosystem, and public–private–startup collaboration [1][2][5]
Afternoon round tables covered 'AI and media: perspectives for Morocco' and 'Digital transformation and media inclusion,' drawing participants from the Digital Development Agency (ADD) and the telecoms sector [1][2][5]
MISOC ran the multi-day first national School on Internet Governance (MSIG'25) in the same period — a forum-plus-capacity-building launch strategy; as of July 2026 Morocco had still not been added to the UN IGF's African NRI listing, leaving formal registration as the next step [1][2][5]

Three-Minute Short Talk — Your Questions Answered

Q. What got started here?

A. Morocco's first national internet-governance forum: launched by the ISOC chapter, opened by the digital minister, with the data-protection authority's chief giving the keynote on governing media and data in the AI era.

Q. Why AI and media as the theme?

A. Because generative-AI disinformation and deep fakes were shaking media trust at that very moment — the forum even drilled down to practical tools for journalists.

Q. Why should I care?

A. Putting AI disinformation and data protection at the heart of a first edition is the current shape of IGF agendas worldwide — and the date discrepancy between official notices and press coverage is a lesson in how hard record-keeping is for brand-new NRIs.

What Is Morocco IGF? (for first-time readers)

Morocco IGF is a National or Regional IGF Initiative (NRI), aligning local internet governance discussion with global IGF principles.

Why It Matters to You

What was discussed here becomes the baseline for national digital policy, platform rules and AI regulation worldwide within a few years. The principles confirmed at the 2025 meeting are the foundation of the "next rules" for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.