IGF 2024 Open Forum #39 Multistakeholder approach to platform regulation in Brazil

In 2023, the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) held an open consultation on Digital Platforms Regulation, which received more than 1,300 contributions. The results of this wide-ranging consultation were analyzed, generating an important subsidy from a local and bottom-up perspective for the regulation of digital platforms. The document details definitions and criteria for classifications of digital platforms, maps out risks offered by the activities they carry out, presents measures suggested as potentially capable of mitigating the risks and discusses governance models and actors involved needed to implement regulation initiatives. This is an important contribution to future discussions on the governance of digital markets and services. Also, results provide general guidelines to the development of consistent regulatory frameworks, capable of maintaining an adequate balance between opportunities and risks associated with the digital transformation process. The consultation produced a map of perspectives on digital platforms regulation that encourages multistakeholder agreements . Thanks to the massive participation, it was possible to systematize different positions and disputes between the private sector, civil society, the scientific and technological community and government. The open forum aims at presenting and debating the Consultation carried out by CGI.br and its systematization, both a qualified and in-depth subsidy for regulating digital platforms. The results bring in a perspective of the global south on platform regulation and can also ilustrates a policy initiative structured in a bottom-up, participatory and multistakeholder process.

To ensure proper interaction between the online and onsite audience, the session will count with onsite and online moderators. During the session, the onsite moderator will be responsible to oversee the interventions and interacting with the speakers, to ensure that the session’s goals will be sought appropriately. Also, the moderator will care for safeguarding the due balance to meet diversity expectations within the interventions, either by the speakers or the audience. The online moderator will take care of the flow of questions within all the online tools involved in the session. He/she will read, select and guarantee that the onsite moderator will be aware of questions and comments from the remote audience (Zoom Chat and Q&A). Finally, the rapporteur will ensure to capture all the highlights and critical information of the session to list key takeaways for the short report and consolidate a further final report to be delivered to the IGF Secretariat. The organization team will also be alert to help participants with any technical issues and delays they may have to avoid negatively impacting the session dynamics.