Major themes in Nigel Hickson's presentation were, on the one hand, there are new efforts by governments to multilaterally impose their will on the Internet, multistakeholders should not sit idly by, while on the other, COVID has served to adjust the narrative in the Internet's favor, it is no longer the bete noire flogging horse it was a year ago. Multistakeholders should take up the opportunity to "talk up" the Internet, and build on last year's High Level Panel report that reinforced the Internet model.

Today, Monday May 25 2020 at 14:00 UTC (3pm BST) the Internet Society Livestream Channel will webcast a recording of the Internet Society UK England webinar 'Internet Governance post Crisis – A new normal?' held on May 21 2020. Kicking off a series of Webinars about the topic, Nigel Hickson (ISOC UK Chapter) who is a participant of the 2020 Chapter Training Programme, as part of the Programme hosted this session. He addressed the current impasse of views on the governance of the Internet, and how the current reliance on Internet services during the Covid-19 crisis may have affected this. The Session was interactive in nature and thought provoking. Feel free to add your own comments in the chat.

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