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12:39 am on October 21, 2025 · fragmentation (14), PNIF (2), wsis (34), WSIS+20 (8)

RECORDING – IGF PNIF: Roles and responsibilities of the WSIS stakeholders in relation to Internet fragmentation IGF Policy Network on Internet Fragmentation

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On September 30, 2025, the Internet Governance Forum Policy Network on Internet Fragmentation (PNIF) met to consider ‘Roles and Responsibilities of the WSIS Stakeholders in Relation to Internet Fragmentation‘.” The session explored how governments, the private sector, civil society, and the technical community can each act to preserve an open, interoperable, and human-rights-based Internet while avoiding new forms of digital fragmentation. Speakers drew connections to the Global Digital Compact and WSIS+20 processes, emphasizing coordination, technical engagement, and adherence to the Tunis Agenda’s multi-stakeholder principles.

Moderators / PNIF Co-Facilitators
Bruna Martins dos Santos – Policy and Advocacy Manager, WITNESS
Sheetal Kumar – Co-Facilitator, PNIF

Speakers / Panelists
Constance Bommelaer de Leusse – Executive Director, AI and Society Institute; part of the Tech and Global Affairs Innovation Hub, Sciences Po; IGF MAG Member
Theresa Swinehart – Senior Vice President, Global Domains & Strategy, ICANN; IGF MAG Member
Renata Mielli – Special Advisor to the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Brazil; Coordinator, CGI.br
Peter Koch – Senior Policy Advisor, DENIC eG
Chris Buckridge – Member, IGF MAG; former Senior Policy Advisor, RIPE NCC

2:15 pm on October 20, 2025 · fragmentation (14), igf (239), PNIF (2), Vint Cerf (106)

RECORDING – IGF Policy Network on Internet Fragmentation (PNIF) Draft Review

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DRAFT | FEEDBACK FORM

On 16 October 2025, the Internet Governance Forum Policy Network on Internet Fragmentation (PNIF) met to review their Draft Recommendations on Stakeholder Cooperation to address fragmentation and preserve the global Internet. This is a work in progress and a call was made for community feedback.

PARTICIPANTS
Tereza Horejsova – Director for Partnerships, DiploFoundation
Wim Degezelle – Consultant (PNIF/BPF), IGF Secretariat
Vint Cerf – Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google / Co-chair, IGF Leadership Panel
William J. Drake – Director of International Studies, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (Columbia Business School)
Bruna Martins dos Santos – Policy and Advocacy Manager, WITNESS
Arja Nunn – Junior Project Manager, GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit)
Omor Faruque – Youth digital-rights advocate, Project OMNA (Bangladesh)
Peter Koch – Senior Policy Advisor, DENIC eG

1:39 pm on June 20, 2024 · canada (26), fragmentation (14), online news act (1)

WEBCAST JUN 20 – Cross-Border Digital Impact: Analyzing the Effects of Canada’s Online News Act on Internet Fragmentation

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ISOC LIVEOn Thursday June 20 2024, at 18:00 UTC, the Internet Society presents a webinar ‘Cross-Border Digital Impact: Analyzing the Effects of Canada’s Online News Act on Internet Fragmentation‘. This session will explore the potential for internet fragmentation triggered by Canada’s Online News Act*—impacting not only how individuals and businesses interact online but also how similar challenges and legislation are faced by other countries, like Brazil and the US.

*Bill C18, the Online News Act, aims to financially bolster Canadian news media by mandating major digital platforms to compensate for the use of their content. This act also positions the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as the central authority for compliance, potentially centralizing internet functions and impacting the free contribution to the digital economy along with safety and security online.

PRESENTERS
Philip Palmer – ISOC Canada
Juliana Fonteles da Silveira – ISOC Brazil
Cathy Gellis – Lawyer

MODERATOR
Paula Bernadi – ISOC

HOST
Kyle Shulman – ISOC

INTERNET IMPACT BRIEF https://bit.ly/4bbWsSQ (Feb 2023)

VIDEO | AUDIO | TRANSCRIPT EN / ES / PT

ORIGINAL LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoc-onlinenewsact

TWITTER #C18 #OnlineNewsAct @ndunleavy @InternetSociety

MASTODON  #OnlineNewsAct

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/isoc-onlinenewsact

9:50 am on June 19, 2024 · fragmentation (14), igf (239)

WEBCAST JUN 19 – PNIF Kickoff Webinar – Avoiding Internet fragmentation. Still a matter of concern in 2024?

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ISOC LIVEOn Wednesday June,19 2024, at 14:00-15:30 UTC, the Internet Governance Forum Policy Network on Internet Fragmentation (PNIF) kicks off its 2024 activities with a webinar ‘‘Avoiding Internet fragmentation. Still a matter of concern in 2024?‘

When the PNIF launched in 2022, it was strongly inspired by the UN Secretary General’s call to address ‘avoiding fragmentation of the Internet’ in the Global Digital Compact (GDC). Two years later, with ongoing preparations for the GDC and the upcoming WSIS+20 discussions, the PNIF seeks to evaluate how this call is being followed up and how the PNIF platform and framework can be most effective in fostering holistic and inclusive discussions on fragmentation, thereby reflecting on and contributing to these critical dialogues.

DISCUSSANTS
Wim Degezelle, IGF Consultant ,PNIF
Philipp Schulte, BMDV
Andrew Rens, Research ICT Africa
Isra Rosas, Internet Society
William J. Drake, CITI
Alisa Heaver, The Netherlands
Chris Buckridge, Best Practice Forums
Nazar Nicholas, IGF Tanzana
Madhavan Pallan

HOSTS
Sheetal Kumar, PNIF co-coordinator
Bruna Martins dos Santos, PNIF MAG co-coordinator

VIDEO | AUDIO | TRANSCRIPT 

TWITTER #PNIF @intgovforum #InternetFragmentation #IGFPN #MSHDigitalFuture

MASTODON  #InternetFragmentation

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/pnif2024-1

2:38 pm on February 5, 2023 · Andrew Sullivan (24), fragmentation (14)

WEBCAST FEB 6 – Internet Fragmentation, Reconsidered

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ISOC LIVEOn Monday 6 February 2023 at 7:00-8:00 MST (14:00-15:00 UTC) the International Telecommunications Society presents a webinar ‘Internet Fragmentation, Reconsidered‘.

There is a lot of talk these days about “fragmenting” the Internet, and different parts of the world having “local internet”. What does that mean? Should we be worried? Supportive? Dismayed? What happens to us if the Internet fragments into different parts? Is there anything we can or ought to do about Internet fragmentation?

Andrew Sullivan, President and CEO of the Internet Society, will explore these questions, and open a conversation among attendees about the dangers facing the Internet today.

HOST
Erik Bohlin, Ivey Business School, Western University, Ontario

INTRODUCTION
Stephen Schmidt, VP Telecom Policy / Chief Regulatory Legal Counsel, TELUS Communication

SPEAKER
Andrew Sullivan, President and CEO, Internet Society

MODERATOR
Joe Rowsell, Director, Regulatory Affairs, TELUS Communications

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/its-fragmentation

PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3JNeelz

REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3X8RjnN

TWITTER #fragmentation @IntTlcSoc @SullivanISOC @InternetSociety @TELUS @iveybusiness

MASTODON  #fragmentation @[email protected]

SIMULCASTS
https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ (AI Captions)

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/its-fragmentation

SPONSORS
Ivey Business School, Western University | TELUS Communications

6:46 am on November 28, 2022 · Andrew Sullivan (24), fragmentation (14), igf (239), igf2022 (4), milton mueller (13)

WEBCAST NOV 28 – IGF 2022 Day 0 #68 – Understanding Internet Fragmentation: Concepts and their Implications for Action

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ISOC LIVEOn Monday November 28 2022 at 14:00-15:30 UTC the Internet Governance Forum presents a session ‘Understanding Internet Fragmentation: Concepts and their Implications for Action‘, organized by the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information.

The Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) has designated “Avoiding Internet Fragmentation” to be one of the 2022 IGF’s five organizing themes. There likely will be many events on the program related to this topic, but what exactly does Internet fragmentation mean, and how does that meaning affect the actions that may be undertaken by states and stakeholders?

This session brings together prominent analysts and stakeholders from five continents, with varying and even divergent viewpoints, in the hope of working toward a higher level of consensus (or at least a more structured range of disagreements) on the core features, sources, forms, and consequences of Internet fragmentation, and what all these may mean for actions taken in response by states and stakeholders.

PANEL
Milton Mueller, Internet Governance Project, Georgia Tech
Wolfgang Kleinwächter, European Summer School on Internet Governance
Sheetal Kumar, Global Partners Digital
Neha Mishra, Geneva Graduate Institute
Andrew Sullivan, Internet Society
Xu Peixi, Communication University of China

MODERATORS
Anriette Esterhuysen
William J. Drake

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/igf2022-68

PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3EJJddU

REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-RPC11

TWITTER #fragmentation @Columbia_Biz @IntGovForum @miltonmueller @SullivanISOC Wolfgang Kleinwächter #EuroSSIG Sheetal Kumar @GlobalPartnersD @neha_mishra_nm @GVAGrad Xu Peixi @wjdrake Anriette Esterhuysen #netgov

SIMULCASTS
https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ (AI Captions)
https://www.youtube.com/@igf/streams (Caucus Room 11)
ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/igf2022-68

5:23 am on November 15, 2022 · Andrew Sullivan (24), citi (45), fragmentation (14), internet governance (45), Vint Cerf (106)

WEBCAST NOV 17 – CITI Webinar – Internet Fragmentation, Reconsidered

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isoc liveOn Thursday November 17 2022 at 11:00-12:30 EST (16:00-17:30 UTC) the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information presents a webinar ‘Internet Fragmentation, Reconsidered‘. A panel of leading analysts and practitioners in the global Internet governance environment will discuss such topics as the nature, sources, forms, and consequences of Internet fragmentation, as well as the responses pursued by governments and stakeholders to date and going forward.

PANEL
Vinton G. Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Eli M. Noam, Director, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information and Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School
Andrew Sullivan, President and CEO of the Internet Society
Tatiana Tropina, Assistant Professor in Cybersecurity Governance, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University, Netherlands
MODERATOR
William J. Drake, Director of International Studies at the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/citi-fragmentation

PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3Eygj1z

REAL TIME TEXT (see ISOC.LIVE)

TWITTER #GlobalDigitalGovernance #fragmentation @Columbia_Biz @vgcerf @SullivanISOC @gap_the_mind @Elinoam @wjdrake #netgov

SIMULCASTS
https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ (AI Captions)

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/citi-fragmentation

11:34 am on July 5, 2022 · Farzaneh Badii (1), fragmentation (14), Greece (1), igf (239), jane coffin (11), Konstantinos Komaitis (8), milton mueller (13), NRI (94), splinternet (5)

WEBCAST JUL 5 – “Splinternet” Virtual Event | Internet Governance Forum Greece

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ISOC.LIVEOn Tuesday July 5th at 7-8pm EEST (16:00-17:00 UTC) Internet Governance Forum Greece presents
‘Virtual Event about “Splinternet”‘.What is the Splinternet? Can a government’s policy or regulation “break up” the Internet? If so, what does “breaking up” the internet even mean?Is it only governmental policies that can potentially ‘splinter’ the internet? What about big technology companies? What is their role? How can the Splinternet disrupt users’ online interactions, and what can we do about it? These and many more questions will be discussed by renowned experts from the field of internet governance. The session will be in English.

INTRODUCTION
Konstantina Nathanail, Executive Committee Coordinator, Internet Governance Forum Greece

PANEL
Dr. Milton Mueller, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Farzaneh Badii, Founder, Digital Medusa
Jane Coffin, Chief Community Officer, Connect Humanity

MODERATOR
Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis, Internet Policy Analyst

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/igfgreece-splinternet

PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3RoznUz

REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3upL2IP

TWITTER #splinternet @igfgreece @kkomaitis @miltonmueller @farzanehbad @jane_coffin

SIMULCASTS
https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ (AI Captions)
https://www.facebook.com/igfgreece/ (IGF Greece)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUV7j10_V-dJviM3fvcpGHg (IGF Greece)
https://www.linkedin.com/company/igfgreece/ (IGF Greece)

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/igfgreece-splinternet

3:53 pm on June 29, 2022 · fragmentation (14), isoc mx (4), Mexico (6), splinternet (5)

TRANSMISIÓN EN VIVO 29 de JUNIO – ISOC Mexico “Café Internet“ – “Internet y Conflictos Sociopolíticos“

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isoc,liveEl Miércoles 29 de junio de 2022 a las 19:00 CDMX (00:00 UTC) Internet Society Capítulo México presenta su segundo “Café Internet“, un espacio para tomarse un break y platicar sobre temas de Internet, con el tema “Internet y Conflictos Sociopolíticos“. Uno de los mayores riesgos que enfrenta hoy Internet, es la fragmentación motivada por conflictos o intereses sociopolíticos, el ejemplo actual es la intención de aislar a Rusia del Internet.

PANELISTAS
Dra. Cynthia Solis, Miembro del Consejo Consultivo del IFT
Dr. Luis Miguel Martinez, Internet Society Board of Trustees

MODERADOR Jeffry S. Fernández, presidente de ISOC MX

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocmx2

TWITTER #cafeinternet @ISOCMX Dra. Cynthia Solis @cynsol @IFT_MX Dr. Luis Miguel Martinez @lmuia @InternetSociety Jeffry S. Fernández #stopthesplinternet

SIMULCASTS
https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ (Subtítulos de IA)
https://www.facebook.com/InternetSocietyAmericaLatinayCaribe (Subtítulos de IA)

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/isocmx2

10:10 pm on May 23, 2022 · David Frautschy (1), fragmentation (14), isoc pt (2), Portugal (2), splinternet (5)

WEBCAST MAIO 25 – ISOC Portugal – Internet e Geopolítica – Uma Internet global, universal e aberta é possivel?

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ISOC LIVENa quarta-feira 25 de maio de 2022 às 17:00-19:00 WEST (16:00-18:00 UTC) a Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento da Sociedade da Informação (APDSI) e o Capítulo Português da Internet Society (ISOC PT), com o apoio da Universidade Aberta, anfitriã uma discussão ‘Internet e Geopolítica – Uma Internet global, universal e aberta é possivel?‘. A guerra na Ucrânia e outras considerações políticas levarão a uma Internet fragmentada, também conhecida como ‘Splinternet’, apesar dos melhores esforços de organizações como ISOC e ICANN? Ou a ‘soberania digital’ pode ser desviada, como qualquer outro obstáculo? O painel de especialistas fará uma análise preliminar.

ORADORES
Andrea Becalli – Diretora Sênior de Engajamento de Partes Interessadas, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
David Frautschy Heredia – Diretor Sênior para Assuntos Regulatórios e Governamentais Europeus, Internet Society (ISOC)
José Legatheaux Martins – Professor jubilado, FCT/UNL / ex-presidente, ISOC Portugal
Victor Angelo – Ex-Secretário-Geral Adjunto, Nações Unidas

LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internetgeopolitica

PARTICIPE VIA ZOOM https://pt.surveymonkey.com/r/Internet_Geopolitica

TWITTER #splinternet @isocpt @uaberta @apdsi @becktweet @ICANN @davidfrautschy @InternetSociety José Legatheaux Martins @vangelofreebird

SIMULCASTS
https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ (AI Captions)

ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/internetgeopolitica