The Romanian capital Bucharest was the host for this year’s edition of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, which brought together more than 3,000 delegates from 183+ countries from 26 September to 14 October. The Youth IGF was at the conference to cover the main events and the discussions that will further shape the digital transformation over the next few years. The 2022 conference was marked by the adoption of several new resolutions.

NFTs, also known as non-fungible tokens, have recently exploded in popularity. This new trend has attracted most attention with the proliferation of digital art, where NFTs are used to sell artworks. However, most people are still confused when they hear about NFTs, trying to figure out how they actually work…

At the end of 2020, the European Commission presented a new EU Cybersecurity Strategy to bolster Europe’s collective resilience against cyber threats. In May 2022, the Council and the EU Parliament reached an agreement on the NIS2 Directive, which seeks to replace previous legislation and achieve a high common level…

Cybersecurity has become vital for the healthcare sector. The very nature of medical data means that health infrastructure is probably the most vulnerable to cyber incidents. This constitutes huge value for cybercriminals because it contains sensitive information about people and their health condition. In a case of a ransomware attack…

EURid takes an innovative approach to help outwit cybercriminals, including helping to identify potentially malicious registrations at source. Article by Alastair Gill Domain names are a key link in the chain that facilitates abusive online activity. If cybercriminals are able to register a domain name, they have a platform from…

The Internet as the most important global infrastructure is an ecosystem in which international law, with all its perplexities, should exercise a relevant function, particularly in view of the threats to which cybersecurity is exposed. Yet the current approach of politicians, scholars and practitioners shows a pertaining reluctance to embrace…

UN & EU : committed to strengthening youth voices. The importance of youth participation in Internet Governance has been recognised by the international community. The IGF 2021 in Katowice brought serious attention to youth engagement and served as a platform for youngsters to make their voices heard at the highest level. …

Internet and digital technologies have allowed a number of us to make a smooth shift to online learning and remote work. However, a big part of the world’s population has remained excluded from use of the internet. During the COVID-19 pandemic it has become overwhelmingly evident that reliable internet connection…

As the amount of healthcare data skyrockets, so do the risks to data privacy and security. Despite the rising number of cyberattacks on hospitals and the leakage of patient information, discussions about the protection of health data are still progressing slowly. The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the way healthcare…