{"id":12817,"date":"2020-07-12T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2020\/07\/12\/en-usa-igf-2020-overview\/"},"modified":"2020-07-12T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T18:00:00","slug":"en-usa-igf-2020-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2020\/07\/12\/en-usa-igf-2020-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"IGF-USA 2020 \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. On 22\u201323 July 2020, IGF-USA went fully virtual for the first time, with nearly every topic examined through the lens of COVID-19 \u2014 the Internet had become a lifeline.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The headline session was a fireside chat on 5G, security and IoT with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and CISA Director Chris Krebs; encryption and lawful access, platform moderation, and AI rounded out the agenda.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The forum captured the moment the pandemic exposed the access divide \u2014 as remote schooling and telework became universal \u2014 and permanently reshaped Internet policy debates.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on IGF-USA 2020<\/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

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    📍 Originally planned as an in-person meeting in Washington, D.C.; moved fully online for the first time in the series due to COVID-19<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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 2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n22\u201323 July 2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nFully virtual (two days, via Zoom with livestream)<\/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. The Internet under the Pandemic \u2014 COVID-19 as the Through-Line<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: "Privacy in the Age of COVID-19", "Impact of COVID-19 on Learners and Educators", "Did America's Tech Industry Deliver for Americans during the COVID Crisis?" and "COVID-19 and Internet Governance: Where do we go from here?"<\/p>\n