Jurisdiction experts invited to enrich UNESCO’s draft Internet indicators

news_020318_ottawa.jpg © May-Ann Lim 02 March 2018UNESCO is working to develop indicators for Internet Universality, which could be useful for interested stakeholders in a country to map areas for possible improvement. But a complexity for research and recommendations exists when there are relevant online actors and content based outside the country’s jurisdiction. A call for suggestions and solutions was made this week at the Global Internet and Jurisdiction Conference, Ottawa, by UNESCO’s Director for Freedom of Expression and Media Development, Guy Berger. Participants from governments, Internet…

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