{"id":6681,"date":"2015-06-20T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/06\/20\/en-australia-igf-2015-overview\/"},"modified":"2015-06-20T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T04:00:00","slug":"en-australia-igf-2015-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/06\/20\/en-australia-igf-2015-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"auIGF 2015 (Australian Internet Governance Forum) \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 fourth auIGF met at the Park Hyatt, Melbourne, on 6\u20137 October 2015, under the theme 'How the Internet is transforming Australian society' \u2014 a deliberate widening from governance to society.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Online harassment and women in tech, indigenous digital inclusion, the freshly enforced data retention law and the debut of the new Children's eSafety Commissioner filled the agenda; MP Terri Butler used the forum to flag a bill criminalising 'revenge porn'.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. It marked a national IGF pivoting from 'who runs the Internet' to 'what the Internet does to us' \u2014 putting gender and abuse squarely on the IGF agenda years before it was standard.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on auIGF 2015 (Australian Internet Governance Forum)<\/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>\nauIGF 2015 (Australian Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Edition<\/td>\nFourth edition (auDA ran the auIGF annually from 2012 to 2016)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n6\u20137 October 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nPark Hyatt, Melbourne, Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nHow the Internet is transforming Australian society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\n.au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA)<\/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. Gender and the Internet \u2014 Harassment and Criminalising 'Revenge Porn'<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Plenary 'Gender and the Internet' (with Tracey Spicer, Julie Inman-Grant and others)<\/p>\n

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    "The internet, like other forms and means of human interaction, is susceptible to gendered abuse. It's also a great way of distributing information broadly and quickly. This does not make the internet inherently good or inherently bad. But it does give rise to new opportunities, and new challenges."
    \n\u2014 Terri Butler MP<\/strong> [2][5]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n