{"id":12812,"date":"2017-07-26T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/07\/26\/en-usa-igf-2017-overview\/"},"modified":"2017-07-26T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T14:00:00","slug":"en-usa-igf-2017-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/07\/26\/en-usa-igf-2017-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF-USA 2017 \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. IGF-USA 2017 met on 24 July 2017 at CSIS in Washington, D.C., with keynotes from Internet pioneer Vint Cerf and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. After the 2016 U.S. election, nationalism and disinformation topped the agenda, alongside fact-checking credibility, platform responsibility, Internet fragmentation and privacy regulation.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Cerf's challenge \u2014 who watches the watchers of fact-checking? \u2014 anticipated the disinformation debates that would dominate worldwide in the years that followed.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on IGF-USA 2017<\/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

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

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nIGF-USA 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n24 July 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nCenter for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, D.C.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nIGF-USA multistakeholder steering group (civil society, industry, academia and government)<\/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. Disinformation and Nationalism \u2014 Who Watches the Fact-Checkers?<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Plenary panel "Nationalism, Disinformation and Free Expression in the Age of the Internet" (moderated by Dana Priest, The Washington Post)<\/p>\n

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    "There's a nature in the lizard part of our brain that favors sensational."
    \n\u2014 Karen Kornbluh (Council on Foreign Relations)<\/strong> [4]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n