David Souter discusses some of the key topics explored at the Internet Governance Forum that was held on 17 November in London, including:
the role that social media plays in young people’s relationships with one another, parents, schools and life experience; and
political engagement which now includes more direct participation and political expression, with a shift from mainstream to social media in the shaping of opinions, but has also seen the emergence of ‘fake news’, the growth of online abuse, and widespread concern about echo chambers of opinion polarising political discourse.
The UK Internet Governance Forum is a collaborative partnership between Nominet, the UK Department for Culture, Media & Sport, key parliamentarians, industry, academia and civil society in debate on Internet Governance issues.
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