{"id":12760,"date":"2023-07-16T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/07\/16\/en-taiwan-igf-2023-overview\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T02:00:00","slug":"en-taiwan-igf-2023-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2023\/07\/16\/en-taiwan-igf-2023-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"TWIGF 2023 (Taiwan Internet Governance Forum) \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-taiwan-igf-2023-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Taiwan IGF 2023 \u53f0\u5317 \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-taiwan-igf-2023-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Taiwan IGF 2023 \u53f0\u5317 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 9th TWIGF met 3\u20135 October 2023 at Taipei&#39;s Fubon International Conference Center under the theme &quot;Critical Moment: Fragmentation, Geopolitics, AI Revolution and Resilience,&quot; with 18 sessions including a tutorial day.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Post-ChatGPT AI regulation and disinformation, geopolitical fragmentation and protection of the Internet&#39;s &#39;public core,&#39; and infrastructure resilience from PKI to BGP dominated, with Audrey Tang, ICANN&#39;s Becky Burr and scholars like Milton Mueller taking part.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>As the first TWIGF of the generative-AI era, it pressure-tested the universal question \u2014 can law keep up with AI? \u2014 in Taiwan&#39;s uniquely exposed context.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>TWIGF 2023 (Taiwan Internet Governance Forum)<\/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<blockquote>\n<p>&#x1f4cd; 3 October was a tutorial day, with the main conference on 4\u20135 October; in-person with live streaming<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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-taiwan-igf-2023-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Taiwan IGF 2023 \u53f0\u5317 \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>TWIGF 2023 (Taiwan Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>9th annual meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>3\u20135 October 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Fubon International Conference Center, Taipei (hybrid)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Critical Moment: Fragmentation, Geopolitics, AI Revolution and Resilience<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Taiwan Internet Governance Forum (TWIGF) with TWNIC (third consecutive year of cooperation)<\/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-taiwan-igf-2023-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Taiwan IGF 2023 \u53f0\u5317 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Fragmentation under Geopolitics \u2014 Protecting the Internet&#39;s Public Core<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Sessions under the sub-theme &quot;Fragmentation under Geopolitics&quot; (4\u20135 October)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Taiwan&#39;s legal framework for protecting the Internet is still rudimentary, with much room for progress (translated from Chinese)&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Cheng-Tsung Lo (Professor, Institute of Financial and Economic Law, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology)<\/strong> [1][2]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>APNIC&#39;s Pablo Hinojosa and Man-Ju Chen led a session on shielding the Internet&#39;s &#39;public core&#39; \u2014 DNS, routing and other shared infrastructure \u2014 from geopolitical attack [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>For Taiwan, dependent on submarine cables and already hit by cable cuts, fragmentation and infrastructure protection were discussed as matters of national security [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The AI Revolution and Disinformation \u2014 Can Law Keep Up?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: &quot;Developing AI v. Protecting Privacy&quot; (4 October, 12:50\u201314:00) and other AI sessions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At the first annual meeting after ChatGPT&#39;s debut, the official report recorded the shared view that AI&#39;s advance is unavoidable but law may fail to keep pace [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>A session moderated by Lee and Li lawyer Ken-Ying Tseng worked through de-identification, anonymisation and pseudonymisation as concrete tools for reconciling AI development with privacy [1][3]<\/li>\n<li>With Taiwan&#39;s January 2024 presidential election looming, countering AI-generated disinformation was debated as an immediate, practical problem [1][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Resilient Internet \u2014 From PKI to BGP, with a Case Study from Japan<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Sessions under the sub-theme &quot;Resilient Internet&quot;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Internet governance scholar Milton L. Mueller (Georgia Tech) led the session on governance of the public key infrastructure (PKI) underpinning encrypted communications [1]<\/li>\n<li>The Japan Internet Providers Association (JAIPA) shared real-world BGP incident cases, bringing operational lessons from Japan to the Taiwanese audience [1]<\/li>\n<li>Across all three sub-themes, participants kept returning to a single premise: resilient technical infrastructure is the foundation of governance [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. A More International TWIGF \u2014 Audrey Tang, MOFA and an ICANN Director Together<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Opening ceremony and overall programme<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital Minister Audrey Tang and Deputy Foreign Minister Chun Lee joined from government, alongside ICANN board member Becky Burr and scholars William J. Drake and Jeanette Hofmann [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<li>The 18 sessions were built from 16 community-selected proposals, evidence of a maturing multistakeholder process [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<li>The official wrap-up highlighted the third consecutive year of TWNIC cooperation, institutionalising the technical community&#39;s role in the forum [1][2][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. Why was TWIGF 2023 called a &#39;Critical Moment&#39;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Three shocks arrived at once: geopolitics threatening to fragment the Internet, generative AI exploding into daily life, and Taiwan&#39;s own infrastructure facing attacks and cable cuts. The theme captured that triple crunch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was debated most?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The race between AI and law. Participants agreed AI&#39;s advance is unstoppable while legislation may lag, and worked through practical fixes \u2014 from anonymisation techniques to countering AI-driven election disinformation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The forum previewed questions every democracy now faces \u2014 AI rules before elections, protecting the Internet&#39;s shared core \u2014 and even featured Japan&#39;s provider association sharing BGP failure lessons across borders.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Taiwan IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-taiwan-igf-2023-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Taiwan IGF 2023 \u53f0\u5317 \u2014 About Taiwan IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Taiwan 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 2023 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.igf.org.tw\/?p=9481\">\u3010\u65b0\u805e\u7a3f\u3011\u7b2c9\u5c46TWIGF\u81fa\u7063\u7db2\u8def\u6cbb\u7406\u8ad6\u58c7\u5e74\u6703\u5713\u6eff\u843d\u5e55\uff0c\u7db2\u8def\u767c\u5c55\u95dc\u9375\u6642\u523b\uff0c\u5730\u7de3\u653f\u6cbb\u53ca\u4eba\u5de5\u667a\u6167\u64f4\u5927\u7db2\u8def\u6cbb\u7406\u7bc4\u7587!<\/a> \u2014 TWIGF (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.igf.org.tw\/twigf-2023\/\">TWIGF 2023\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 TWIGF (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leeandli.com\/TW\/Activity\/146\">2023\u5e74\u81fa\u7063\u7db2\u8def\u6cbb\u7406\u8ad6\u58c7\uff082023 Taiwan Internet Governance Forum\uff09<\/a> \u2014 Lee and Li (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twnic.tw\/2023\/09\/19\/28251\/\">TWIGF\u8ad6\u58c7 2023\u5e74\u6703\u3010\u5ea7\u8ac7 Panel #3\u3001#4\u3011\u4e3b\u984c\u767c\u8868\u7c21\u4ecb<\/a> \u2014 TWNIC Blog\uff08\u8ca1\u5718\u6cd5\u4eba\u53f0\u7063\u7db2\u8def\u8cc7\u8a0a\u4e2d\u5fc3\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 16 July 2023, 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 9th TWIGF met 3\u20135 October 2023 at Taipei&#8217;s Fubon International Conference Center under the theme &#8220;Critical Moment: Fragmentation, Geopol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3,11,43],"tags":[163,161,160,162,164,673],"class_list":["post-12760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aprigf","category-igf","category-regional-igf","category-taiwan-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced","tag-taiwanigf2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12760","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=12760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}