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IGF 2025 opens in Lillestrøm with calls to ‘build digital governance together’
Summary
Government, United Nations and multi‑stakeholder leaders opened the 20th Internet Governance Forum in Lillestrøm, Norway, calling for renewed global cooperation on internet policy during the WSIS+20 review and implementation of the Global Digital Compact.
Leaders from governments, the United Nations and civil society opened the twentieth Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Lillestrøm, Norway, on a pledge to "build digital governance together" and to use the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) plus‑20 review and the Global Digital Compact to guide global internet policy.
United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres, in a recorded message played at the opening, said the IGF has proved that "dialogue across sectors, regions, and generations can help shape an Internet that is rooted in dignity, opportunity, and human…
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