{"id":12576,"date":"2013-08-04T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2013\/08\/04\/en-brazil-igf-2013-overview\/"},"modified":"2013-08-04T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-04T13:00:00","slug":"en-brazil-igf-2013-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2013\/08\/04\/en-brazil-igf-2013-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Brazilian Internet Forum (III F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil) \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-brazil-igf-2013-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Brazil IGF 2013 \u30d9\u30ec\u30f3 \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-brazil-igf-2013-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Brazil IGF 2013 \u30d9\u30ec\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 3rd F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil (FIB 3) met on 3\u20135 September 2013 at the Hangar Convention Center in Bel\u00e9m, gateway to the Amazon, with over 700 participants across three days.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Two threads dominated: digital exclusion \u2014 56% of the North region was offline \u2014 and privacy and the Marco Civil, days after revelations that the NSA had spied on Brazil&#39;s president.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Remembered for the Carta da Amaz\u00f4nia, adopted with indigenous participation, it captured the moment mass-surveillance revelations began to move a nation&#39;s internet law.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>3rd Brazilian Internet Forum (III F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil)<\/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-brazil-igf-2013-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Brazil IGF 2013 \u30d9\u30ec\u30f3 \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>Official name<\/td>\n<td>3rd Brazilian Internet Forum (III F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>3\u20135 September 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Hangar Convention Center, Bel\u00e9m, Par\u00e1, Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Participants<\/td>\n<td>700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tracks<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Carta da Amaz\u00f4nia \u2014 endorsing Brazil&#39;s internet-governance model and the Marco Civil<\/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-brazil-igf-2013-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Brazil IGF 2013 \u30d9\u30ec\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Digital Inclusion \u2014 The Reality of a 56% Offline North<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Track on universality, accessibility and diversity, among others<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;We feel honoured by this participation&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Lafaiete Pankararu (indigenous community leader from Pernambuco)<\/strong> [2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>CETIC.br data showed 56% of the North region offline, far above the 45% national average \u2014 the Amazon&#39;s connectivity gap in hard numbers [2]<\/li>\n<li>Indigenous groups joined the forum&#39;s first Northern edition, demanding broadband for rural areas and indigenous schools [2]<\/li>\n<li>Closing coverage summed up digital inclusion as the forum&#39;s single biggest demand [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. In the Shadow of NSA Surveillance \u2014 Privacy Days After the Revelations<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Track on privacy, network non-liability and freedom of expression<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Snowden-based reports of NSA spying on Brazil ran from June 2013, and the story that President Rousseff herself was tapped broke on 1 September \u2014 the forum convened mid-scandal [3]<\/li>\n<li>Debate focused on the personal data concentrated in big platforms and its exposure to intelligence agencies, sharpening the privacy track [3]<\/li>\n<li>The alarm accelerated the Marco Civil: the President designated the bill for urgent consideration that same month, it passed in April 2014, and Rousseff denounced NSA spying at the UN General Assembly on 24 September [3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Net Neutrality and the Marco Civil \u2014 &#39;People Are Just Discovering This Issue&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Net neutrality track<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;People are just now coming into contact with this issue&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Veridiana Alimonti (CGI.br board member, forum coordinator)<\/strong> [2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Net neutrality was the most contested point of the Marco Civil then before the Chamber of Deputies, and a dedicated track opened the issue to ordinary participants [2]<\/li>\n<li>Alimonti pressed the case for passing the Marco Civil and enshrining neutrality in law [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Voices from the Amazon \u2014 The Carta da Amaz\u00f4nia and Why Bel\u00e9m Mattered<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Self-organised sessions, WSIS+10 seminar and closing plenary<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Local activists drafted the Carta da Amaz\u00f4nia, endorsing Brazil&#39;s multistakeholder governance model and the Marco Civil [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Tadao Takahashi, a pioneer of the Brazilian internet, gave a retrospective talk recalling the early days of evangelising to empty rooms [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>A WSIS+10 seminar on day two linked regional concerns to the global internet-governance debate, in keeping with the forum&#39;s pre-IGF role [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. Why hold it in Bel\u00e9m, in the Amazon?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. To take the debate to Brazil&#39;s least-connected region: 56% of the North was offline versus a 45% national average. Indigenous communities took part and helped produce the Carta da Amaz\u00f4nia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the tensest topic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. NSA mass surveillance. The forum opened days after reports that President Rousseff herself had been tapped, making the privacy and Marco Civil debates suddenly very real.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What did this edition change?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The surveillance alarm helped push the stalled Marco Civil into urgent consideration that same month \u2014 the bill became law in April 2014. This forum sat right at that turning point.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Brazil IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-brazil-igf-2013-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Brazil IGF 2013 \u30d9\u30ec\u30f3 \u2014 About Brazil IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Brazil IGF 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 2013 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:\/\/fib.cgi.br\/2013\/\">III F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 CGI.br\uff08FIB\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtudo.com.br\/noticias\/2013\/09\/termina-o-iii-forum-da-internet-no-brasil-inclusao-digital-e-maior-demanda.ghtml\">Termina o III F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil; inclus\u00e3o digital \u00e9 a maior demanda<\/a> \u2014 Globo (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetgovernance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MiltonBenWPdraft_Final.pdf\">Finding a Formula for Brazil: Representation and Legitimacy in Internet Governance<\/a> \u2014 Internet Governance Project\uff08M. Mueller \/ B. Wagner\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fib.cgi.br\/2014\/files\/RelatorioCompletoTrilha1_2013.pdf\">III F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil Pr\u00e9 IGF Brasileiro 2013 \u2014 Relat\u00f3rio Completo Trilha 1<\/a> \u2014 CGI.br\uff08FIB\u516c\u5f0f\u5831\u544a\u66f8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fib.cgi.br\/2024\/edicoes\/\">Edi\u00e7\u00f5es \u2014 F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil<\/a> \u2014 CGI.br\uff08FIB\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/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 4 August 2013, 09:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 16 July 2026, 20:09 (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>The 3rd F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil (FIB 3) met on 3\u20135 September 2013 at the Hangar Convention Center in Bel\u00e9m, gateway to the Amazon, with <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,3,19,11],"tags":[163,2320,161,160,162,164],"class_list":["post-12576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brazil-igf","category-igf","category-lacigf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-braziligf2013","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12576","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=12576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}