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Youth Internet Governance Forum
Two-day Bangladesh Youth Internet Governance Forum (YIGF) will kick-off today. It will be held through virtual platform due to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. The program will start at 3:00 pm and end at 6:00 pm every day, according to a press release. The forum is an initiative under the umbrella of the Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum (BIGF) in conjunction with the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (UNIGF). It is a multi-stakeholder, youth, and youth women-led platform to engage in Internet governance-related issues. Prominent experts in the tech industry and from the Internet Governance community will address the participants in this program on Youth IGF Bangladesh Influencer Hunt & Youth Ambassador Activity 2021, Youth Internet Governance, Social Media Against Humanity, Internet Addiction of Children and Adolescents in the Context of Covid-19 in Bangladesh: Causes, Effects, Side Effects, and Way Forward, Youth Entrepreneur-Domain Name Registration Process and Security, Empowering youth: Big Data & IoT, Conundrum of Cyber Value-system and Malpractices, OTT (Over the Top) & Digital Content Monetization, Regional & Local Participation in Internet Governance (IG), Government Opportunity For Youth: Training & Grants, etc. Stakeholders from the government, civil society, private, technical community, academia, youth, and media will participate in the Youth Internet Governance virtually (Zoom platform).
