Session
Organizer 1: Civil Society, Eastern European Group
Organizer 2: Civil Society, African Group
Organizer 3: Private Sector, African Group
Organizer 2: Civil Society, African Group
Organizer 3: Private Sector, African Group
Speaker 1: Natalie Tercova, Technical Community, Eastern European Group
Speaker 2: Paulo Glowacki, Civil Society, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 3: Regina Filipová Fuchsová, Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 4: Gregorio Lima Antonia Nirvana, Civil Society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
Speaker 2: Paulo Glowacki, Civil Society, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 3: Regina Filipová Fuchsová, Technical Community, Western European and Others Group (WEOG)
Speaker 4: Gregorio Lima Antonia Nirvana, Civil Society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
Format
Roundtable
Duration (minutes): 60
Format description: A roundtable format is essential for this discussion, as it fosters equal participation among policymakers, industry leaders, civil society, and youth. Unlike traditional panels, which often limit engagement, a roundtable enables direct exchanges, ensuring diverse perspectives on content moderation challenges are heard. Moreover, as all participants will be able to ta Moreover, content moderation is a complex issue, Given the wide scope of subtopics — a structured 60-minute session allows for a comprehensive discussion, anything shorter would risk oversimplification, while a longer session may lose focus. The roundtable format maximizes efficiency, ensuring all perspectives from participants are heard while remaining action-oriented. This structure guarantees that the session produces meaningful outcomes, feeding into regional IGF discussions and shaping global content governance frameworks.
Duration (minutes): 60
Format description: A roundtable format is essential for this discussion, as it fosters equal participation among policymakers, industry leaders, civil society, and youth. Unlike traditional panels, which often limit engagement, a roundtable enables direct exchanges, ensuring diverse perspectives on content moderation challenges are heard. Moreover, as all participants will be able to ta Moreover, content moderation is a complex issue, Given the wide scope of subtopics — a structured 60-minute session allows for a comprehensive discussion, anything shorter would risk oversimplification, while a longer session may lose focus. The roundtable format maximizes efficiency, ensuring all perspectives from participants are heard while remaining action-oriented. This structure guarantees that the session produces meaningful outcomes, feeding into regional IGF discussions and shaping global content governance frameworks.
Policy Question(s)
1. What role should governments, platforms, and civil society play in defining the boundaries of acceptable content online, and how can transparency and accountability be ensured in content moderation decisions?
2.How can content moderation policies protect young users from harmful content (e.g., CSAM, online exploitation, radicalization) while ensuring they still have access to diverse viewpoints and digital participation?
3.How can we develop global or regional governance frameworks that align content moderation standards across different legal, cultural, and political contexts without enabling overreach or suppression of dissent?
What will participants gain from attending this session? Participants will gain insights into content moderation challenges, with a particular focus on how platforms and regulators address and balance between CSAM, hate speech, and misinformation.
The session provides a unique platform for youth, policymakers, industry leaders, and civil society representatives to engage in a multi-stakeholder exchange, ensuring diverse viewpoints are heard. Participants will have the opportunity to contribute directly to shaping policy recommendations, which will be compiled into an outcome document shared with regional IGFs, youth IGFs, ITU (WTDC), and key digital governance organizations. Through interactive discussion and polling, attendees will not only share their perspectives but also gain a deeper understanding of digital trust, content governance frameworks, and pathways for effective, rights-based moderation policies.
Description:
As content moderation becomes increasingly politically debated, the line between freedom of speech and protection from harm has become blurred. How can we ensure that moderation policies combat harmful content without restricting free expression? What safeguards are needed to prevent both over-moderation and under-moderation (harmful content remaining online)? This interactive roundtable will bring together stakeholders(participants and speakers) to examine regional and global content governance challenges. As a roundtable format, this session is designed to be highly interactive, welcoming all participants to voice their opinions, concerns, and experiences. Interactive polling will be integrated throughout the session to ensure broad topic coverage and gather real-time participant insights, providing valuable data to inform the discussion and shape actionable outcomes. The session will generate policy recommendations and feed into regional IGF discussions, ensuring a continued conversation and diverse perspectives shape global content governance frameworks. Participants will take part in a solution-driven discussion, analyzing effective content moderation strategies, addressing regulatory challenges, and developing concrete recommendations to strengthen digital trust and multi-stakeholder governance.
As content moderation becomes increasingly politically debated, the line between freedom of speech and protection from harm has become blurred. How can we ensure that moderation policies combat harmful content without restricting free expression? What safeguards are needed to prevent both over-moderation and under-moderation (harmful content remaining online)? This interactive roundtable will bring together stakeholders(participants and speakers) to examine regional and global content governance challenges. As a roundtable format, this session is designed to be highly interactive, welcoming all participants to voice their opinions, concerns, and experiences. Interactive polling will be integrated throughout the session to ensure broad topic coverage and gather real-time participant insights, providing valuable data to inform the discussion and shape actionable outcomes. The session will generate policy recommendations and feed into regional IGF discussions, ensuring a continued conversation and diverse perspectives shape global content governance frameworks. Participants will take part in a solution-driven discussion, analyzing effective content moderation strategies, addressing regulatory challenges, and developing concrete recommendations to strengthen digital trust and multi-stakeholder governance.
Expected Outcomes
The expected outcomes of the session include policy recommendations and the identification of key challenges in content moderation taking into account challenges of all stakeholders. As interactive polling will be conducted during the session, some data will also be available to use in the policy recommendations. The session serves as an initial step in mapping stakeholder needs and priorities in content moderation frameworks.The outcome document from this session will then be shared with all regional IGFs and youth IGFs, with a key recommendation for NRIs to integrate the topic into their regional discussions. These regional discussions will provide localized perspectives on content moderation challenges, which will then be consolidated into a final global document.The final outcome document will be submitted to the ITU, particularly in light of the upcoming WTDC, and shared with other key organizations such as EURid or ISOC, and digital rights organizations to inform broader policy discussions.
Hybrid Format: Both online and in-person attendees will have equal opportunities to participate through structured discussions, live polling, and real-time Q&A.To enhance engagement, the session will use interactive polling tools (e.g., Slido or Mentimeter), allowing participants to provide live input on key content moderation challenges. A dedicated online moderator will ensure that remote participants can ask questions and engage in discussions on equal footing with those onsite. Additionally, a shared online document will be used to collect insights in real time, ensuring that contributions from both groups are captured in the final policy outcome document, which will be shared with IGF regional processes. This approach ensures active participation, inclusivity, and a dynamic hybrid experience that facilitates meaningful dialogue and policy impact.