{"id":3974,"date":"2021-09-27T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/09\/27\/en-aprigf-2021-virtual-overview\/"},"modified":"2021-09-27T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T10:00:00","slug":"en-aprigf-2021-virtual-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2021\/09\/27\/en-aprigf-2021-virtual-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"AprIGF 2021 Virtual \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. The 12th APrIGF ran 27\u201330 September 2021 as a hybrid: online, physically hosted in Kathmandu, Nepal, with two local hubs in India. Fifteen sessions and three showcases explored "Towards an Inclusive, Sustainable and Trusted Internet."<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Asia's encryption battles (Australia's TOLA amendments, India's 2021 IT Rules), the "weaponisation" of pandemic surveillance, and the limits of AI content moderation led the agenda; outcomes fed the Synthesis Document published in December.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. A showcase on Japan's manga piracy-site dispute asked whether anti-piracy measures can be squared with free expression and the technologies that keep the Internet secure \u2014 trust, the meeting showed, is built or broken one policy at a time.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on AprIGF 2021 in Virtual<\/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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    📍 Catalogued as a virtual meeting, but officially a hybrid: the 12th APrIGF was physically hosted in Kathmandu, Nepal (organised locally by the Internet Governance Institute, Nepal Internet Foundation, ISOC Nepal and NPIX) with self-organised local hubs in Punjab and Hyderabad, India \u2014 partially realising the Nepal meeting abandoned in 2020<\/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
    Dates<\/td>\n27\u201330 September 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nHybrid: online, physically hosted in Kathmandu, Nepal, with two local hubs in India (Punjab and Hyderabad)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nTowards an Inclusive, Sustainable and Trusted Internet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Tracks<\/td>\nFirst use of three high-level thematic tracks \u2014 Inclusion, Sustainability and Trust \u2014 a departure from the more specific themes of earlier years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Programme<\/td>\n15 sessions and three showcases over three days, preceded by a Day 0 capacity-building programme for fellows and newcomers on 27 September<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nHosted by the APrIGF Multistakeholder Steering Group with the DotAsia-run Secretariat; local hosting by four Nepali Internet community organisations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Outcome<\/td>\nSynthesis Document (published 3 December 2021)<\/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. Asia's Encryption Debate \u2014 Australia's TOLA and India's IT Rules<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: "Decrypting the encryption debate in Asia Pacific" (Trust track)<\/p>\n