Thanks to those of you who have Substack subs! Here is what is up.

Note the WAIGF post has Zoom links to all sessions, including the Youth IGF tomorrow,

Upcoming Events

• MAY 11-15 - The West Africa Internet Governance Forum 2026
• MAY 13 16:00 UTC - ICANN OCTO ISPCP/SSAC: Implementing DNS Blocking Responsibly
• MAY 13 17:00 UTC - AFRALO UA Regional Day: Advancing UA Through Adoption and Education
• MAY 15 11:00 UTC - AfChix Peering and IXP Mentorship Panel
• MAY 19 12:30 UTC - Ethics in the fight against disinformation: from theory to practice
• MAY 19 17:00 UTC - Responsible Tech Book Talk With Carissa Véliz, Author of Prophecy
• MAY 20 00:00 / 06:00 UTC - Global Expo 2026: From Harm Mitigation to Intentional Design
• MAY 20 16:30 UTC - Folk Tech x Protopian Prize - Storytelling Workshop + Connection Call
• MAY 21 10:30 UTC - ISOC ASG - GAAD 2026: International Conference on Digital Accessibility, Inclusion and Innovation
• MAY 21 12:00 UTC - Book Launch - Platforms and the Planet: Big Tech, Digital Platforms and Environmental Responsibility
• MAY 21 14:00 UTC - GAAD Event - From Access to Agency: Rethinking Digital Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities in the Age of AI
• MAY 21 17:00 UTC - Introduction to Responsible AI Evaluations - A Virtual Workshop
• MAY 21 18:00 UTC - Emerging Threats Through AI Adoption and the Need for Human Risk Management
• MAY 26 08:00 UTC - What Digital Futures Do We (Not) Want?
• MAY 27 12:00 UTC - What Makes a DNS Abuse Complaint to ICANN Actionable: Insights and Common Challenges
• MAY 27 13:30 UTC - ISOC PERU - Más allá del acceso: ¿qué significa 'Internet significativo' en educación?
• MAY 28 12:30 UTC - David vs Goliath in the DSA era: Lessons from Bits of Freedom's victory
• MAY 28 13:00 UTC - CODI Universal Acceptance Day 2026
• MAY 28 18:00 UTC - Helping Older Adults Stay Safe Online: Tips and Resources
• JUN 02 23:30 UTC - A11yNYC - Scaling Accessibility with Design Systems - Jesse Gardner

Recaps / Recordings

• MAY 11 - Beyond the Perimeter - Managing Internet Routing as a Supply Chain Risk
• MAY 05 - Book Talk: Create Your Unicorn Career in STEM
• MAY 04 - IGF Best Practice Forum: Securing Access to the Internet and Protecting Core Internet Resources in Contexts of Conflict and Crises
• MAY 01 - Unlocking the Safer Internet Initiative
• APR 30 - Social Media And Digital Sovereignty In South Asia
• APR 29 - Phishing and DNS Abuse - Operational Blindspots
• APR 28 - ICANN Global Public Interest Framework (GPIF) and its Relevance to At-Large
• APR 28 - ITU Council 2026 State of the Union Address
• APR 23 - ISOC Perú - Community-Driven Connectivity Solutions
• APR 15 - The Data Center Frontier
• APR 15 - Digital Access Day 2026: Access, Autonomy, and the Open Internet
• APR 15 - The New gTLD Program 2026 and the Future of the DNS Ecosystem
• APR 14 - Effective Youth Participation and Digital Inclusion Action Toward WSIS 2035
• APR 14 - From Spectrum to Service: Building with Unlicensed Fixed Wireless
• APR 13 - Quantum Technologies, Implications for the Global Digital Divide
• FEB 26 - At-Large Meets OCTO-SSR

Other Report Summaries

• Eighth Circuit Vacates FCC Digital Discrimination Rules (summary)
• Stanford AI Index Report (Summary)
• Access Now statement on RightsCon "postponement" (summary)
• FCC to Satellite Operators: Stay in Your Lane
• ICANN and the IETF (summary)
• Age Verification Architecture (summary)