The Canadian Internet community just started planning the Canadian IGF 2025 #CIGF2025. As a first step, we'd like to hear what *you* want to discuss during this year's event:

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«Lofgren said in a press release that she "work[ed] for over a year with the tech, film, and television industries" on "a proposal that has a remedy for copyright infringers located overseas that does not disrupt the free Internet except for the infringers."» arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Acerca del #sismo en #CDMX, aquí el reporte del Servicio Sismológico Nacional de la UNAM: www.ssn.unam.mx/sismicidad/r...

For NSSS 2025, the @internetsociety has a Fellowship program to help students who otherwise might have difficulty attending. Fellows will also get a training module, and a follow-up webinar to tell us about their NDSS journey. If your organisation might like to sponsor the program, drop me a line!

KICK OFF THE NEW YEAR WITH THE INTERNET ARCHIVE! 🍾 Starting at 12:01am ET, we'll be revealing the creative works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 that are entering the public domain in the US. Learn how you can celebrate throughout January: blog.archive.org/2024/12/26/c...

All day breakfast.

For those who care about strong encryption, a holiday gift from the EU: "European Union Member States Speak Up for Encryption" @globalencryption https://www.globalencryption.org/2024/12/european-union-member-states-speak-up-for-encryption/ 1/

#IGF2024 draft messages & summary report are out. Summary report: intgovforum.org/en/filedepot... Messages: intgovforum.org/en/filedepot... Amusingly, they're still using the summary report template I created back in 2019!

During the #IGF2024 Main Session on the evolution of the IGF, Vint Cerf mentioned that we need the IGF as a permanent element of the ecosystem. That's an idea I've heard a lot these days.

The first #IGF2024 main session of this morning is about how the IGF's Dynamic Coalitions support the digital development in the context of the #GDC. They are a great example of how community members collaborate throughout the year, and take advantage of it to contribute to diverse processes.

A packed room for the Open Forum on WSIS+20 organized by #ICANN at the #IGF2024.

There's an interesting difference between the two UN speeches we're hearing at the #IGF2024 Opening Session. While UN SecGen promoted the GDC, USG UNDESA is rallying for the IGF, including the NRIs.

The #IGF2024 Opening Ceremony is about to start:

At the #IGF2024, diverse organizations from the LAC region are meeting to share updates and ideas during Day Zero. You can follow it online here: www.youtube.com/live/oxcdg8i...

Heard at the airport: "We're sorry, but your flight will be delayed because the crew is stuck in traffic. Apologies, but we don't have control over traffic." Sure. That would be valid if they didn't ask us to arrive 3 hours before the departure time.

Some ideas before the #IGF2024 starts. TL;DR: when new challenges arise, new processes are not necessarily the right solution. We must think about how current mechanisms can be leveraged. It's more about "connecting the dots" than "reinventing the wheel". www.internetsociety.org/blog/2024/12...

To save water, we were taught as kids not to brush our teeth while leaving the tap running. To keep saving water, should we be teaching not to ask LLMs silly questions that could be solved by searching on the web?

Also... Please stop trying to make Glicked happen.

Yesterday, I rewatched at #TIFF Almodovar's Pain and Glory. What a great impression. boxd.it/7SHfb7

Here we go again.