{"id":12673,"date":"2025-06-11T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/06\/11\/en-germany-igf-2025-overview\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:00:00","slug":"en-germany-igf-2025-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2025\/06\/11\/en-germany-igf-2025-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF-D 2025 (16th German Internet Governance Forum \/ XVI. Internet Governance Forum Deutschland) \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-germany-igf-2025-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Germany IGF 2025 \u30d9\u30eb\u30ea\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-germany-igf-2025-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Germany IGF 2025 \u30d9\u30eb\u30ea\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 16th German IGF (IGF-D 2025) met in hybrid form at the Representation of the Free State of Saxony in Berlin on 10 September 2025, under the theme &quot;Trust, Responsibility, Networking: Internet Governance in Uncertain Times.&quot;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The agenda ran from the geopolitics of cables, chips and satellites, through &quot;surveillance vs the rule of law&quot; on encryption and lawful access, to the WSIS+20 review, protection against digital violence, domain security and reform of computer criminal law.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A finding that only 2% of analysed German domains meet basic security standards, and the push to shield good-faith security research, speak directly to cyber-policy debates elsewhere.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>IGF-D 2025 (16th German Internet Governance Forum \/ XVI. Internet Governance Forum Deutschland)<\/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-germany-igf-2025-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Germany IGF 2025 \u30d9\u30eb\u30ea\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>IGF-D 2025 (16th German Internet Governance Forum \/ XVI. Internet Governance Forum Deutschland)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>10 September 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Vertretung des Freistaates Sachsen beim Bund (Representation of the Free State of Saxony), Br\u00fcderstra\u00dfe 11\/12, Berlin, with online participation (hybrid)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Trust, Responsibility, Networking: Internet Governance in Uncertain Times (Vertrauen, Verantwortung, Vernetzung)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>IGF-D e.V.; secretariat run by DENIC eG since late 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Key points fed as &quot;Messages&quot; into the UN IGF process during the WSIS+20 review period<\/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-germany-igf-2025-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Germany IGF 2025 \u30d9\u30eb\u30ea\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Cables, Chips and Satellites \u2014 The Geopolitics of Infrastructure<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session &quot;Kabel, Chips und Satelliten: Welche Infrastruktur brauchen wir?&quot; (09:45\u201310:45) with Klaus Landefeld (eco), Aline Blankertz (Rebalance Now e.V.) and Dr. Katja Mu\u00f1oz (DGAP)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From fibre and submarine cables to chips and satellite constellations, the panel examined what digital infrastructure Germany and Europe need \u2014 and its geopolitical dimension [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>Industry (eco), civil society (Rebalance Now) and the foreign-policy community (DGAP) converged on European strategic sovereignty as the underlying theme [1][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Surveillance vs the Rule of Law \u2014 Encryption and Lawful Access<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session &quot;\u00dcberwachung vs. Rechtsstaat?&quot; (11:00\u201312:15) with Dr. Alexander Klimburg (The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies) and panellists including Dirk Kunze (LKA NRW cybercrime)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The panel weighed renewed EU proposals for law-enforcement access to encrypted communications against the principles of the rule of law [1]<\/li>\n<li>An international-security scholar and a state criminal police cybercrime practitioner shared the stage, exposing the tension between principle and investigative practice [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. WSIS+20 \u2014 A National Voice in the UN&#39;s Review Year<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Government segments: remarks by Parliamentary State Secretary Thomas Jarzombek (BMDS, 12:15\u201312:30) and a WSIS+20 update by Swantje J\u00e4ger-Lindemann (BMDS, 13:15\u201313:45)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>State Secretary Jarzombek presented the legislative priorities of the new Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and State Modernisation (BMDS), and ministry officials briefed the forum on the WSIS+20 review \u2014 including the renewal of the IGF&#39;s mandate \u2014 heading to its endgame at the UN in late 2025 [1]<\/li>\n<li>Feeding the German multistakeholder community&#39;s input into that UN process was framed as the year&#39;s central purpose under the &quot;uncertain times&quot; theme [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Visible, Vulnerable, Protected? \u2014 Digital Violence and Personal Integrity<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session &quot;Sichtbar. Verwundbar. Gesch\u00fctzt?&quot; (13:45\u201315:00) with Kathrin Morasch (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg media authority) and Michael Terh\u00f6rst (KidD)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The session asked how to protect personal dignity and integrity against digital violence \u2014 hate, stalking, image abuse [1]<\/li>\n<li>A state media regulator and a child-protection body outlined a layered approach combining regulation, enforcement, education and support [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Only 2% of Domains Secured? \u2014 A Security Audit and Reforming the Hacker Law<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Presentation on domain security (15:15\u201315:35, Daniel Strau\u00df) and panel on computer criminal law (15:35\u201316:30) with MdB Jeanne Dillschneider and Florian Hantke (CISPA)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Daniel Strau\u00df presented audit findings that only 2% of the analysed German domains fulfil basic security standards [1]<\/li>\n<li>The closing panel debated reforming computer criminal law to shield good-faith security research (ethical hacking) from prosecution risk, with MP Jeanne Dillschneider and CISPA researcher Florian Hantke [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What was discussed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Under &quot;Trust, Responsibility, Networking&quot;: the geopolitics of cables and chips, encryption vs lawful access, the UN&#39;s WSIS+20 review, protection from digital violence \u2014 and an audit showing only 2% of German domains meet basic security standards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. The most striking number?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. That 2% figure. It laid bare how rarely basics like DNSSEC and mail authentication are actually deployed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Low adoption of domain-security basics is a universal problem, and Germany&#39;s push to protect ethical hackers from prosecution is a live question in most legal systems.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Germany IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-germany-igf-2025-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Germany IGF 2025 \u30d9\u30eb\u30ea\u30f3 \u2014 About Germany IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Germany 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 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:\/\/igf-d.de\/igf-d-2025\/\">IGF-D 2025 \u2013 XVI. Internet Governance Forum Deutschland\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF-D (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/domain-recht.de\/domain-events\/sonstige-events\/berlin-das-16-internet-governance-forum-deutschland-2025-findet-am-10-september-2025-statt-70029.html\">Berlin \u2013 Das 16. Internet Governance Forum Deutschland 2025 findet am 10. September 2025 statt<\/a> \u2014 domain-recht.de (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.denic.de\/en\/igf-d-2025-kicks-off\/\">IGF-D 2025 kicks off<\/a> \u2014 DENIC eG\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igf-d.de\/\">IGF-D\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u30fb\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u4e00\u89a7\u3068\u5831\u544a\u66f8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 IGF-D (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 11 June 2025, 10:00 (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 16th German IGF (IGF-D 2025) met in hybrid form at the Representation of the Free State of Saxony in Berlin on 10 September 2025, under <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,72,3,11],"tags":[163,161,160,2372,162,164],"class_list":["post-12673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eurodig","category-germany-igf","category-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-germanyigf2025","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12673","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=12673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}