{"id":15260,"date":"2018-09-23T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/09\/23\/en-uganda-igf-2018-overview\/"},"modified":"2018-09-23T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-23T11:00:00","slug":"en-uganda-igf-2018-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/09\/23\/en-uganda-igf-2018-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda Internet Governance Forum 2018 \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. Uganda IGF 2018 met at the Protea Hotel by Marriott in Kampala on 31 October 2018 under the theme 'Creating an Internet of Trust in Uganda' \u2014 its framing paper openly citing the OTT (social media) tax introduced that July.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Four sessions \u2014 content regulation versus misinformation, accessibility and digital inclusion, cybersecurity and blockchain, and participating in global Internet governance \u2014 brought MTN, NITA-U, police, disability advocates and journalists onto the panels.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Behind 18.8 million subscriptions and 48% penetration, this was the national dialogue of the year Uganda taxed its citizens' social media and mobile money \u2014 choosing 'trust' as the theme was itself the response.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Uganda Internet Governance Forum 2018<\/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>\nUganda Internet Governance Forum 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n31 October 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nProtea Hotel by Marriott, Kampala, Uganda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nCreating an Internet of Trust in Uganda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nThe multistakeholder UIGF process (ISOC Uganda Chapter and CIPESA; opening remarks by Lillian Nalwoga)<\/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. Interrogating an 'Internet of Trust' \u2014 The OTT Tax and Platform Power<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: The forum's framing paper (agenda preamble)<\/p>\n