{"id":11844,"date":"2025-05-12T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/05\/12\/en-eurodig-2025-strasbourg-overview\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T07:00:00","slug":"en-eurodig-2025-strasbourg-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/05\/12\/en-eurodig-2025-strasbourg-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"EuroDIG 2025 Strasbourg \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest &#038; 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-eurodig-2025-strasbourg-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"EuroDIG 2025 \u30b9\u30c8\u30e9\u30b9\u30d6\u30fc\u30eb \u2014 Thumbnail\"><\/p>\n<h2>The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-eurodig-2025-strasbourg-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"EuroDIG 2025 \u30b9\u30c8\u30e9\u30b9\u30d6\u30fc\u30eb \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>EuroDIG 2025 met in Strasbourg, France on 12\u201314 May 2025, hosted by the Council of Europe \u2014 the continent&#39;s human rights body \u2014 with 929 registrations under the theme &quot;Safeguarding human rights by balancing regulation and innovation.&quot;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The WSIS+20 review, neurotechnology and privacy, the transatlantic rift over freedom of expression, and child protection with age verification topped the agenda; the Messages from Strasbourg called for a renewed permanent mandate for the IGF.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Secretary General Alain Berset&#39;s line \u2014 regulation and innovation are not enemies but partners \u2014 captured Europe&#39;s stance, a reference point for anyone designing AI rules around human rights.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>EuroDIG 2025 in Strasbourg<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n<h2>Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-eurodig-2025-strasbourg-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"EuroDIG 2025 \u30b9\u30c8\u30e9\u30b9\u30d6\u30fc\u30eb \u2014 Conference at a glance\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Item<\/th>\n<th>Detail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>12\u201314 May 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Strasbourg, France (hosted by the Council of Europe)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Safeguarding human rights by balancing regulation and innovation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Registrations<\/td>\n<td>929<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Workshops<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Council of Europe, in cooperation with the Luxembourg Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Messages from Strasbourg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>(See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n<h2>Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-eurodig-2025-strasbourg-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"EuroDIG 2025 \u30b9\u30c8\u30e9\u30b9\u30d6\u30fc\u30eb \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Opening \u2014 &quot;Regulation and Innovation Are Not Enemies&quot;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Opening session (12 May)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Regulation and innovation are not enemies. They should be partners&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Alain Berset (Secretary General, Council of Europe)<\/strong> [3]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Berset presented the Council of Europe&#39;s Framework Convention on AI \u2014 the world&#39;s first legally binding AI treaty rooted in human rights \u2014 as Europe&#39;s answer to disinformation, cyberattacks and algorithmic bias [3]<\/li>\n<li>Luxembourg&#39;s Justice Minister Elisabeth Margue (Presidency) and Malta&#39;s Minister Michael Falzon (incoming Presidency) also spoke, with Malta emphasising children&#39;s rights online [3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. WSIS+20 \u2014 A Permanent Mandate for the IGF<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Main Topic session on the WSIS+20 review<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Messages state that the IGF is a fundamental platform for multistakeholder cooperation and should receive a renewed, permanent mandate [1][4]<\/li>\n<li>National and regional IGFs (NRIs) were identified as essential drivers of bottom-up engagement in the review [1][4]<\/li>\n<li>The forum consolidated Europe&#39;s position ahead of the UN&#39;s WSIS+20 review at the end of 2025 [1][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Neurotechnology \u2014 &quot;The Mind, the Last Frontier of Privacy&quot;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Main Topic session on neurotechnology and privacy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Messages record the warning that when neurotechnology combines with AI, &quot;the mind \u2013 the last frontier of human privacy, is at risk&quot; [1]<\/li>\n<li>Protection of neural data remains conceptually contested; existing frameworks such as the GDPR may apply but need strengthening for the unique sensitivity of neural data [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. The Transatlantic Rift on Free Expression \u2014 &quot;Not Censorship, but Responsibility&quot;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Main Topic session on the transatlantic rift on freedom of expression<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;This is not about censorship. This is about responsibility&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Alain Berset (Secretary General, Council of Europe)<\/strong> [3][1][4]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Against US-side criticism casting the EU&#39;s DSA and DMA as censorship, Europe committed to defending its basic principles while refining its regulatory instruments \u2014 explicitly rejecting the censorship label [3][1][4]<\/li>\n<li>That the transatlantic rift itself was a Main Topic speaks to the state of EU\u2013US relations on speech regulation in 2025 [3][1][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Child Protection and Age Verification \u2014 &quot;Age Aware, Not Identity Aware&quot;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Main Topic session on child protection online<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Age verification should follow context-aware, rights-based approaches, balancing protection against privacy and access risks [1][4]<\/li>\n<li>The Messages set out the principle of making the internet &quot;age aware, not identity aware&quot; [1][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What made this EuroDIG special?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The venue: the Council of Europe, the continent&#39;s human rights body. With &#39;safeguarding human rights&#39; in the theme itself, AI, neurotechnology and child protection were all debated in the language of rights \u2014 in the house that produced the world&#39;s first binding AI treaty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most contentious topic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The transatlantic clash over free expression. To criticism branding the EU&#39;s platform rules censorship, Secretary General Alain Berset answered head-on: &#39;This is not about censorship. This is about responsibility.&#39;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The &#39;age aware, not identity aware&#39; principle is a ready-made template for age-verification debates in any country, and neural-data privacy \u2014 the mind as the last frontier \u2014 is heading for every jurisdiction that regulates health or biometric data.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is EuroDIG? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-eurodig-2025-strasbourg-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"EuroDIG 2025 \u30b9\u30c8\u30e9\u30b9\u30d6\u30fc\u30eb \u2014 About EuroDIG\"><\/p>\n<p>EuroDIG is a National or Regional IGF Initiative (NRI), aligning local internet governance discussion with global IGF principles.<\/p>\n<h2>Why It Matters to You<\/h2>\n<p>What was discussed here becomes <strong>the baseline for national digital policy, platform rules and AI regulation worldwide within a few years<\/strong>. The principles confirmed at the 2025 meeting are the foundation of the &quot;next rules&quot; for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources &amp; References<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurodig.org\/eurodig-2025\/messages-from-strasbourg\/\">Messages from Strasbourg<\/a> \u2014 eurodig.org (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurodig.org\/eurodig-2025\/\">EuroDIG 2025\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\u30fb\u767b\u9332\u7d71\u8a08\uff09<\/a> \u2014 eurodig.org (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurodigwiki.org\/wiki\/Opening_2025\">Opening 2025\uff08\u958b\u4f1a\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u8a18\u9332\u30fb\u66f8\u304d\u8d77\u3053\u3057\uff09<\/a> \u2014 eurodigwiki.org (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dig.watch\/updates\/eurodig-2025-concludes-in-strasbourg\">EURODIG 2025 concludes in Strasbourg<\/a> \u2014 DiploFoundation (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dig.watch\/event\/eurodig2025\">EuroDIG 2025<\/a> \u2014 DiploFoundation (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Quotes are translated or condensed from the records listed above. Bracketed numbers [n] refer to the source list.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Related links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IGF official (NRI list): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives\">https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Japan IGF: <a href=\"https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/\">https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yuki Nakazawa&#39;s blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/\">https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Revision History<\/h2>\n<p>Rev. 1 \u2014 published 12 May 2025, 16:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 10 July 2026, 14:28 (Fully revised into the in-depth edition: added the 3-line summary, minutes digest, short talk, source list and diagrams (all quotes verified against the listed sources))<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 \u4e2d\u6fa4\u7950\u6a39<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EuroDIG 2025 met in Strasbourg, France on 12\u201314 May 2025, hosted by the Council of Europe \u2014 the continent&#8217;s human rights body \u2014 with 929 reg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3,11],"tags":[163,161,160,792,162,164],"class_list":["post-11844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eurodig","category-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-eurodig2025","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}