{"id":12588,"date":"2019-08-26T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/08\/26\/en-brazil-igf-2019-overview\/"},"modified":"2019-08-26T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T17:00:00","slug":"en-brazil-igf-2019-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/08\/26\/en-brazil-igf-2019-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"9th Internet Forum in Brazil (IX F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil \/ FIB9) \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-2019-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Brazil IGF 2019 \u30de\u30ca\u30a6\u30b9 \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-2019-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Brazil IGF 2019 \u30de\u30ca\u30a6\u30b9 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 9th Internet Forum in Brazil (FIB9) met 1\u20134 October 2019 at the Vasco Vasques Convention Centre in Manaus \u2014 the forum&#39;s first visit to the Amazonian capital \u2014 with three main sessions and 27 workshops.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The agenda spanned international digital cooperation, the platform economy and data protection on the eve of the LGPD, and digital inclusion in the Amazon; for the first time every session had Brazilian Sign Language interpretation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Holding the debate on connectivity gaps physically in the Amazon gave the &#39;who is still offline&#39; question unusual concreteness \u2014 a theme every large country with remote regions shares.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>9th Internet Forum in Brazil (IX F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil \/ FIB9)<\/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-2019-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Brazil IGF 2019 \u30de\u30ca\u30a6\u30b9 \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>9th Internet Forum in Brazil (IX F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil \/ FIB9)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>1\u20134 October 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Centro de Conven\u00e7\u00f5es do Amazonas Vasco Vasques, Manaus, Amazonas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Workshops<\/td>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br), operated by NIC.br<\/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-2019-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Brazil IGF 2019 \u30de\u30ca\u30a6\u30b9 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Digital Cooperation \u2014 Stress-testing Multistakeholder Collaboration<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Main session on digital cooperation (3 October)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;The Internet has been built collaboratively from the very beginning, and we have a strong desire to preserve that collaboration&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Demi Getschko (NIC.br)<\/strong> [2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;It is important to be aware of the whole \u2014 what each sector is doing for digital cooperation&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Ana Neves (Portugal&#39;s Foundation for Science and Technology)<\/strong> [2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Speakers from Brazil and abroad examined the gaps in cooperation mechanisms among governments, the technical community and civil society [2]<\/li>\n<li>Regulatory harmonisation was a recurring point \u2014 Carlos A. Afonso (NUPEF) noted the GDPR had been fundamental to Brazil&#39;s own LGPD [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Platform Economy and Data Protection \u2014 On the Eve of the LGPD<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Main session (2 October)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With the LGPD due to take effect in 2020, the session dissected how data is handled in the platform economy [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>Workshops took up facial-recognition expansion, platform liability for abusive content, and countering hate speech online [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>Protection of children and adolescents on the Internet featured prominently among the 27 selected workshops [1][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Speaking from the Amazon \u2014 Digital Inclusion and Infrastructure Gaps<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Main session on digital inclusion and infrastructure (4 October)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>True to the forum&#39;s itinerant design, the Amazon&#39;s specific connectivity challenges \u2014 vast river basins, stark urban\u2013interior gaps \u2014 entered the national debate [1][2][5]<\/li>\n<li>Tanara Lauschner (ICOMP\/UFAM) argued that women&#39;s participation in digital environments is crucial to the sector&#39;s growth [1][2][5]<\/li>\n<li>The FIB&#39;s role as Brazil&#39;s preparatory forum for the UN IGF was stressed as the channel carrying regional voices to the global stage [1][2][5]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Accessibility \u2014 Sign-language Interpretation Across the Whole Programme<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Overall programme<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For the first time, every plenary and workshop had simultaneous Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) interpretation [3][4]<\/li>\n<li>The organisers treated accessibility as practice, not just topic \u2014 embodying the forum&#39;s &#39;more plural, secure and accessible Internet&#39; motto [3][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. Why Manaus?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The FIB rotates cities every year, and holding it in the heart of the Amazon \u2014 where connectivity gaps are most severe \u2014 put the &#39;who is still offline&#39; question on home ground.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Anything new that year?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Every session had Brazilian Sign Language interpretation for the first time, and with the LGPD data law taking effect in 2020, platform data practices were dissected in depth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should outsiders care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The GDPR&#39;s ripple effect on Brazil&#39;s LGPD, debated here, is the same dynamic shaping privacy law worldwide \u2014 and the itinerant model is a template for inclusive national IGFs.<\/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-2019-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Brazil IGF 2019 \u30de\u30ca\u30a6\u30b9 \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 2019 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:\/\/cgi.br\/noticia\/releases\/manaus-am-sedia-9-edicao-do-forum-da-internet-no-brasil\/\">Manaus (AM) sedia 9\u00aa edi\u00e7\u00e3o do F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil<\/a> \u2014 CGI.br\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cgi.br\/noticia\/releases\/cooperacao-digital-e-discutida-no-9-forum-da-internet-no-brasil\/\">Coopera\u00e7\u00e3o digital \u00e9 discutida no 9\u00b0 F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil<\/a> \u2014 CGI.br\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forumdainternet.cgi.br\/2019\/\">IX F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil \u2014 \u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff08\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\u30fb\u66f4\u65b0\u60c5\u5831\uff09<\/a> \u2014 FIB \/ CGI.br\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgi.br\/noticia\/releases\/inscricoes-abertas-para-o-9-forum-da-internet-no-brasil\/\">Inscri\u00e7\u00f5es abertas para o 9\u00ba F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil<\/a> \u2014 CGI.br\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnp.br\/noticias\/rnp-marca-presenca-no-9o-forum-da-internet-no-brasil-em-manaus\">RNP marca presen\u00e7a no 9\u00ba F\u00f3rum da Internet no Brasil, em Manaus<\/a> \u2014 RNP\uff08\u30d6\u30e9\u30b8\u30eb\u56fd\u7acb\u7814\u7a76\u6559\u80b2\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30ef\u30fc\u30af\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 25 August 2019, 13:00 (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 9th Internet Forum in Brazil (FIB9) met 1\u20134 October 2019 at the Vasco Vasques Convention Centre in Manaus \u2014 the forum&#8217;s first visit to t<\/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":[163,1995,161,160,162,164],"class_list":["post-12588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brazil-igf","category-igf","category-lacigf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-braziligf2019","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12588","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=12588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}