{"id":14806,"date":"2022-06-15T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/06\/15\/en-youth-eurodig-2022-overview\/"},"modified":"2022-06-15T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T12:00:00","slug":"en-youth-eurodig-2022-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/06\/15\/en-youth-eurodig-2022-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"YOUthDIG 2022 \u2014 Youth Dialogue on Internet Governance, Trieste \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-youth-eurodig-2022-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"YouthDIG 2022 \u30c8\u30ea\u30a8\u30b9\u30c6 \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-youth-eurodig-2022-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"YouthDIG 2022 \u30c8\u30ea\u30a8\u30b9\u30c6 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 18\u201320 June 2022 the sixth YOUthDIG met in Trieste \u2014 the second consecutive year there, and this time the parent EuroDIG 2022 (20\u201322 June) was fully in-person again. Thirty young people recruited from across Europe arrived after an online preparation phase.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Youth Messages 2022 covered AI, the future of social media, sustainability and ICTs, and cryptocurrency \u2014 with bold, numbered demands such as a European-based and owned social media platform and a minimum of 1% of GDP for research into sustainable ICTs for learning.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Their call to move AI accountability from transparency to contestability \u2014 users empowered to challenge outcomes \u2014 anticipated the core of subsequent AI-regulation debates, and the platform proposal captured Europe&#39;s rising digital-sovereignty mood.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>YOUthDIG 2022 \u2014 Youth Dialogue on Internet Governance, Trieste<\/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-youth-eurodig-2022-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"YouthDIG 2022 \u30c8\u30ea\u30a8\u30b9\u30c6 \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>YOUthDIG 2022 \u2014 Youth Dialogue on Internet Governance, Trieste<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>18\u201320 June 2022 (preceded by an online phase of virtual meetings)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Trieste, Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Youth Messages 2022 in four themes \u2014 Artificial Intelligence in a Natural World, Envisioning the Future of Social Media, Sustainability and ICTs, and Navigating the Cryptocurrency Waters \u2014 presented at EuroDIG and the global IGF<\/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-youth-eurodig-2022-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"YouthDIG 2022 \u30c8\u30ea\u30a8\u30b9\u30c6 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. AI in a Natural World \u2014 From Transparency to Contestability<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Youth Messages theme 1, &#39;Artificial Intelligence in a Natural World&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The messages demanded a change in the scope of the accountability debate &#39;from transparency to contestability, where users are also included as stakeholders&#39; \u2014 putting the ability to challenge AI outcomes at the centre [1]<\/li>\n<li>Bias and data gaps across gender, race, geography and disability should be addressed by exposing the methodology behind data collection and processing [1]<\/li>\n<li>Societal impacts of AI systems should be forecast openly and collaboratively through multistakeholder impact assessments [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The Future of Social Media \u2014 a European-Based and Owned Platform<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Youth Messages theme 2, &#39;Envisioning the Future of Social Media&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The headline proposal: develop a European-based and owned social media platform that facilitates democratic participation and keeps users in control of their personal data \u2014 digital sovereignty in youth form [1]<\/li>\n<li>They called for a cross-border framework that encourages social and discourages antisocial behaviour online, as a basis for further legislation [1]<\/li>\n<li>Flagging of misleading content and verification of credible content should be done jointly by moderators and users, backed by media literacy mechanisms against fake news [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Sustainability and ICTs \u2014 1% of GDP for Learning Technologies<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Youth Messages theme 3, &#39;Sustainability and ICTs&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>European countries should allocate &#39;a minimum of 1% of their GDP to research and adaptation of innovative and sustainable ICTs for learning purposes&#39; \u2014 a rare hard number in a youth communique [1]<\/li>\n<li>Against the overproduction and overconsumption of data services and devices, the 3R approach (reduce, reuse, recycle) should become an integral element of internet governance and digital policy decision-making [1]<\/li>\n<li>ICT deployment in nascent sectors \u2014 administration, agriculture, retail, justice, healthcare \u2014 should be critically forecast, and the digital, socioeconomic and environmental dimensions of platform and remote work, which hit youth hardest, debated intergenerationally [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Navigating the Cryptocurrency Waters \u2014 From Financial Literacy to Progressive Taxation<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Youth Messages theme 4, &#39;Navigating the Cryptocurrency Waters&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the year the crypto boom collided with environmental criticism, the messages paired digital financial education in secondary schooling and national literacy strategies with more research funding for energy-efficient mining [1]<\/li>\n<li>Most striking was the distributive demand: consider progressive taxing of gains from cryptocurrencies to address the inequalities the technology causes [1]<\/li>\n<li>They also urged KYC and anti-money-laundering tools at major exchanges, and youth-friendly language explaining how the platforms work and what guarantees are \u2014 or are not \u2014 present [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. How was it organised?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. An open call recruited 30 young people from across Europe with travel grants, a programme designed by an alumni team, and an online phase followed by three days onsite \u2014 Trieste for the second year running.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the boldest recommendation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Build a European-based and owned social media platform \u2014 a direct answer to dependence on US giants. Also: at least 1% of GDP for sustainable learning technologies, and consider progressive taxation of crypto gains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Moving AI accountability from transparency to contestability \u2014 the right to challenge outcomes \u2014 is one step ahead of most national AI governance frameworks, and worth borrowing.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is YouthDIG? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-youth-eurodig-2022-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"YouthDIG 2022 \u30c8\u30ea\u30a8\u30b9\u30c6 \u2014 About YouthDIG\"><\/p>\n<p>YouthDIG 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 2022 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:\/\/eurodigwiki.org\/wiki\/YOUthDIG_2022\">YOUthDIG 2022\uff08\u30e6\u30fc\u30b9\u30e1\u30c3\u30bb\u30fc\u30b8\u5168\u6587\u30fb\u958b\u50ac\u6982\u8981\uff09<\/a> \u2014 EuroDIG Wiki\uff08EuroDIG\u516c\u5f0f\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurodig.org\/eurodig-2022\/youthdig-2022\/\">YOUthDIG 2022\uff08\u516c\u52df\u8981\u9818\uff1a30\u4eba\u5b9a\u54e1\u30fb\u82f1\u8a9e\u958b\u50ac\u30fb\u6e21\u822a\u52a9\u6210\uff09<\/a> \u2014 EuroDIG\uff08eurodig.org\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eurodigwiki.org\/wiki\/EuroDIG_2022\">EuroDIG 2022\uff08June 20\u201322, Trieste \/ Italy\u30fbICTP\u30db\u30b9\u30c8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 EuroDIG Wiki\uff08EuroDIG\u516c\u5f0f\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurodig.org\/get-involved\/youthdig\/\">YOUthDIG\uff08\u7cfb\u5217\u6982\u8981\u3068\u6b74\u4ee3\u30e6\u30fc\u30b9\u30e1\u30c3\u30bb\u30fc\u30b8\u306e\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\uff09<\/a> \u2014 EuroDIG\uff08eurodig.org\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/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>\u66f4\u65b0\u5c65\u6b74<\/h2>\n<p>\u7b2c1\u7a3f\u6295\u7a3f 2026\u5e747\u670811\u65e5 13\u664214\u5206\uff08\u8a18\u4e8b\u30b3\u30f3\u30c6\u30f3\u30c4\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\uff09<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 \u4e2d\u6fa4\u7950\u6a39<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 18\u201320 June 2022 the sixth YOUthDIG met in Trieste \u2014 the second consecutive year there, and this time the parent EuroDIG 2022 (20\u201322 June)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[163,161,160,162,164,2093],"class_list":["post-14806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-youth-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced","tag-youthdig2022"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14806","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=14806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}