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Here are a few snapshots from the “Shaping Global AI Governance Through Multistakeholder Dialogue” workshop in Buenos Aires today. The workshop was an official Pre-Summit Event of the AI Impact Summit 2026. The session gathered regional and cross-regional perspectives on equity, inclusion, safe & trusted AI, resilience, and access - key themes for the upcoming AI Impact Summit in 2026. A huge thank you to everyone who participated and to Centre for Communication Governance for partnering with us! Stay tuned for an indepth look at the event in the coming week! #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 #AIforGood #ResponsibleAI #AIinHealthcare #DigitalHealth #PeoplePlanetProgress #EthicalInnovation #GlobalCollaboration #AIIndia Narendra Modi Ashwini Vaishnaw Jitin Prasada Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology S Krishnan Abhishek Singh Kavita Bhatia Digital India Programme MyGov India IndiaAI

GNI is thrilled to be hosting this official pre-event of the IndiaAI Impact Summit 2026 along with Centre for Communication Governance in Buenos Aires, Argentina! The session will explore the need for and impact of Multistakeholder Dialogue on Global AI Governance.

📢 Official pre-event of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 Join us for Shaping Global AI Governance Through Multistakeholder Dialogue 📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina 🗓️ October 24, 2025 Co-hosted by the Global Network Initiative and Centre for Communication Governance, this workshop will be held as part of the “For Better Internet Regulation in Latin America” conference, organized by the Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, Universidad de Palermo (@CELE). 🌐 This session aims to: 🔍 Generate actionable, bottom-up insights for the AI Impact Summit 2026; 📣Amplify Global Majority voices in international AI governance; 🛣️Identify pathways for meaningful, inclusive multistakeholder participation. We’ll gather regional and cross-regional perspectives on equity, inclusion, safe & trusted AI, resilience, and access - key themes for the India AI Summit in 2026. In the coming week, stay on the lookout for a report on the insights from the event! 
#IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 #AIforGood #ResponsibleAI #PeoplePlanetProgress #EthicalInnovation #GlobalCollaboration #AIIndia Narendra Modi Ashwini Vaishnaw Jitin Prasada Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology S Krishnan Abhishek Singh Kavita Bhatia Digital India Programme MyGov India IndiaAI

The AI debate is vibrant, but the human rights impacts of government interventions in AI merit much deeper exploration. Top of mind for me are overbroad government demands for data (think: all your chatbot interactions) and overbroad restrictions on content (think: what models can be trained on or how they respond to prompts). This timely report from the Global Network Initiative covers these risks and much more, placing them in a broader framework for understanding the human rights impacts of government interventions in AI. The report also shows how relevant the GNI principles and implementation guidelines remain across multiple generations of technology development. Human rights teams (etc.) from all companies deploying AI should be familiar with these risks, not just AI developers. Thank you, Min Aung, for leading this effort. #bizhumanrights

How can governments ensure that interventions in artificial intelligence advance, not undermine, human rights? The Global Network Initiative (GNI) and its multistakeholder AI Working Group have launched a new Policy Brief that explores the human rights implications of government interventions in AI. The Brief introduces a taxonomy of five intervention types across the AI value chain, and shows how measures like rights-based regulation, mandatory human rights assessments, and responsible public procurement can strengthen protections, while overbroad censorship, discriminatory surveillance, and weak safeguards risk deepening inequality. The Brief concludes with concrete recommendations for governments, companies, and civil society, urging all stakeholders to ground AI policymaking in international human rights law. 📘 Read the full Policy Brief here: https://shorturl.at/OSPyg #AI #HumanRights #DigitalRights #FreedomOfExpression #Privacy #AIgovernance #GNI #ArtificialIntelligence

📢 The Global Network Initiative (GNI) has released a statement ahead of the upcoming signing ceremony for the UN “Hanoi” Convention Against Cybercrime. We remain deeply concerned about the Convention’s implications for human rights. Its provisions risk enabling: 👁️ Extraterritorial surveillance of human rights defenders, 🧑💻 Harassment of tech company employees, and 💻 Compromises to systems protecting user privacy and security. Over the past 10 months, these concerns have only intensified as states continue to misuse cybercrime laws, expand surveillance, and undermine encryption. We urge rights-respecting governments not to sign or ratify the Convention. Instead, they should work with civil society and private sector actors to push for stronger safeguards and resist further expansion of scope. 📄 Read our full statement here: https://lnkd.in/e_gh4wWA

🌍 Reflections on Internet Governance, Platform Accountability, and AI at FIFAfrica 2025 The Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) 2025, held in Windhoek and organized by GNI member Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), brought key digital rights and governance issues into focus. GNI's new blog outlines insights from the forum, emphasizing the importance of: ✅ Multistakeholder participation in the WSIS+20 review, and the need for stronger African engagement in shaping a secure, open, and rights-respecting Internet. ✅ Greater platform accountability, especially in addressing biased content moderation and the underrepresentation of African languages and cultures in automated systems. ✅ The dualities of AI in Africa, where rapid growth exists alongside digital divides. Rights-respecting, inclusive AI governance and capacity-building remain urgent priorities. The discussions reaffirmed the need for context-driven, rights-based, and inclusive digital governance frameworks that advance access, equity, and democratic values. 📖 Read the full blog: https://lnkd.in/gh_n2wDX

GNI is excited to announce a set of dynamic programming in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 21–22, bringing together its global, multistakeholder membership to explore emerging challenges and strategies for protecting digital rights. Taking place alongside the “Towards a Free Internet” workshop hosted by the Center for Studies in Freedom of Expression (CELE) at the University of Palermo, GNI’s Argentina programming includes our Annual Meeting of Members, our Q3 Board Meeting, and our flagship Annual Learning Forum. This marks the first time GNI is hosting its Members Meeting and Annual Learning Forum in Latin America — underscoring the region’s growing significance in the global digital rights landscape. https://lnkd.in/eiWwvpj3

Join our upcoming Noncommercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) webinar on 16 October discussing: how can we strengthen collaboration among the Internet’s technical and civil society communities in the UN WSIS+20 review process? We will explore shared priorities and ways forward for an inclusive, multistakeholder approach. The webinar brings together speakers from: 🔹NCSG 🔹Global Digital Rights Coalition 🔹Technical Community Coalition for Multistakeholderism (TCCM) 🔹ICANN-supported “Shaping the WSIS+20 Review for a Unified Internet Multistakeholderism (SWUIM)” project 📝 16 October 2025 | 13:00–14:30 UTC | Virtual ➡️ Save your spot and register here: https://lnkd.in/gKSGyetT #WSIS20 #multistakeholder #ICANN Global Partners Digital, Global Network Initiative

❓ How can we use the WSIS+20 review to defend an open, global Internet? Join us this Thursday (16 October, 13:00–14:30 UTC) for “Forging ways forward in the WSIS+20 review process through multistakeholder collaboration”- a joint webinar organised by Global Network Initiative and Global Partners Digital and hosted by ICANN’s Noncommercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG). This session will bring together voices from civil society and the technical community to explore how shared priorities can shape the next phase of WSIS+20 and ensure that multistakeholder collaboration remains at the heart of global digital governance. With ICANN84 fast approaching, this session will help attendees to prepare for this milestone in the WSIS+20 process. Speakers include Rose Payne and Jaqueline Trevisan Pigatto, sharing insights from the Global Digital Rights Coalition for WSIS (GDRC-WSIS).  👉 Don’t miss it! Register here: https://lnkd.in/e9VRzW3C