I4ADA Institute
Institute for Accountability in the Digital Age
The Contract for the web is an effort to bring governments, companies, civil society en web ussers together to build a roadmap to a web that serves humanity and is a public good for everyone and everywhere. I4ADA supports this initiative.
With digital attacks on civilians and organisations on the rise, Microsoft, The Hague and The Institute for Accountability in the Digital age organized an Evening in Digital Peace at the Peace Palace in The Hague on November 6th.
Frits Bussemaker, chair I4ADA was invited to speak at the 3rd International Day For Universal Access to Information in the opening panel on the need for Accountability in the Digital Age as a prerequisite for universal access to information.
There are numerous ongoing discussions on the rapid evolution of information technology around the globe and its impact on individuals, organizations and society as a whole. These discussions range from the global international level of the United Nations to collaboration among cities which often first experience innovations and their impacts. And when these impacts include negative consequences and victims, the question of accountability arises.
The Summit organizers do not own the discussion on accountability, but recognize a need for global multi-stakeholder exchanges on complex questions like Internet accountability and who is accountable? Furthermore, we realize that the answers to these same questions may differ per stakeholder. The Summit aims to provide a platform to bring the widest range of these discussions and perspectives together.
Additional information: I4ADA – Summit 2018
Interview with China Daily on the need for a Summit on Accountability in the Digital Age