{"id":11964,"date":"2019-08-26T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/08\/26\/en-lacigf-2019-bogota-overview\/"},"modified":"2019-08-26T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T14:00:00","slug":"en-lacigf-2019-bogota-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/08\/26\/en-lacigf-2019-bogota-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"LACIGF 2019 La Paz \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. The 12th Latin America and Caribbean IGF (LACIGF 12) met at the Casa Grande Hotel in La Paz, Bolivia, on 6\u20138 August 2019 \u2014 Bolivia's first time hosting \u2014 with 12 sessions streamed with interpretation in three languages, organised by ISOC Bolivia.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Debates covered free expression and 'democratic regulation' of platforms, AI and automated decision-making, encryption and anonymity, cybersecurity and the access gap; a keynote by UN IGF Secretariat head Chengetai Masango bridged to the Berlin IGF that November.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The meeting showcased a distinctly Latin American proposal for reining in big platforms' content moderation. (Note: the catalogue's 'Bogot\u00e1' is an error \u2014 the actual host city was La Paz.)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on LACIGF 2019 in La Paz<\/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

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    📍 The catalogue lists Bogot\u00e1, but LACIGF's official list of past editions places the 12th edition (2019) in La Paz, Bolivia \u2014 the first time Bolivia hosted. Bogot\u00e1 hosted in 2012 (5th) and 2023 (16th); this is another instance of the catalogue's systematic one-year city offset<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Edition<\/td>\n12th edition (LACIGF 12) \u2014 first held in Bolivia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n6\u20138 August 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nCasa Grande Hotel, Calacoto, La Paz, Bolivia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Sessions<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Keynote<\/td>\nKeynote by Chengetai Masango, Head of the UN IGF Secretariat; Bolivia's Vice-Minister of Telecommunications Iv\u00e1n Zambrana joined the opening ceremony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Youth<\/td>\nYouth LACIGF 2019 ran alongside, with 48 young people from 11 countries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Streaming<\/td>\nAll sessions were live-streamed with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish, English and Portuguese<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nHosted locally by the Internet Society Bolivia Chapter, with support from the governments of Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay and more than 15 organisations including LACNIC, ICANN, ISOC, APC, Google and Facebook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. Free Expression and Platforms \u2014 A Latin American Blueprint for 'Democratic Regulation'<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Sessions "Human Rights \u2014 Freedom of Expression on the Internet" (6 Aug, 9:30) and "Foundations for a democratic model of internet regulation" (7 Aug, 18:00)<\/p>\n