<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The webinar today provides a glimpse into an ongoing vigorous debate in the <a href="https://www.giga-net.org/">GigaNet</a> community. </div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><br><br><div class="msg6573631363984967783"><u></u><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(16,21,23);line-height:1.7;background-color:rgb(246,247,247)"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_6573631363984967783body" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:1068.26px"><tbody><tr><td class="m_6573631363984967783container" style="margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;font-size:16px;display:block;max-width:832px;width:831.997px;padding-top:24px"><div class="m_6573631363984967783content" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px"><table role="presentation" class="m_6573631363984967783main" style="border-collapse:collapse;background:rgb(255,255,255);width:831.997px;border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="m_6573631363984967783wrapper" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:24px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:784.01px"><tbody><tr><td><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:784.01px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom:24px"><div style="margin-bottom:24px"><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=febd7f56fdedec7a131dd30e00f1fe0593b26c29161191e740a176a5cc9f1f3d&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19132&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=879fe09beb86ea4bc382740f47949b58&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9pc29jLmxpdmUvMTkxMzIlMjA&email_id=f7f1680c6aa364a938f0f49e7b5544cf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)"><img src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/igp-digital-sovereignty-300x169.png" alt="isoc live" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 24px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>April 4, 2025</strong> at <strong>10:00 EDT</strong> (14:00 UTC) the <strong><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=519bdd7cb3f94483ced2b1edf331f24e76f2371484a5b5e45f48a4e3a01e5260&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19132&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=90b5f5a50b66d00b59e714953257e66f&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW50ZXJuZXRnb3Zlcm5hbmNlLm9yZy8&email_id=f7f1680c6aa364a938f0f49e7b5544cf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)">Internet Governance Project (IGP)</a></strong> in collaboration with the <strong><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=709d54975a3c11c52df46a3942b191cd12ddf1368b642a955cf2a9a3fa852d72&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19132&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=92da084b3aca1c9befaeb79fe1bd9078&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9xdWVsbG8ubXN1LmVkdS8&email_id=f7f1680c6aa364a938f0f49e7b5544cf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)">Quello Center</a></strong> host a webinar '<strong><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=320cc405ccb1e1f374a6541f3fe671689eb056db9403e1d1406ade42cd7d29f0&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19132&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=e1b61b5fc1326fb396026fb6b975ec72&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9iaXQubHkvNGdYWlk2Yg=&email_id=f7f1680c6aa364a938f0f49e7b5544cf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)">Digital Sovereignty and the Open Internet: Can they Coexist?</a></strong>'. Scholars of differing views to debate what digital sovereignty means, how it is being used as a label, and whether the various interpretations of the term are compatible with the foundational values of the open Internet.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px">Recently, new books and analyses have been published, including the book edited by Min Jiang and Luca Belli, <strong><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=a22a3d04bc21d6fbcd5c3d2b45a65394fce43aacf58ef8005238a13a70cfe9c7&blog_id=151329629&post_id=19132&user_id=2239291&subs_id=125336&signature=9bab5af95abb597138636bc76abc8591&email_name=new-post&user_email=joly@punkcast.com&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2FtYnJpZGdlLm9yZy9jb3JlL2Jvb2tzL2RpZ2l0YWwtc292ZXJlaWdudHktaW4tdGhlLWJyaWNzLWNvdW50cmllcy8yN0U5RkQ3RTQ1NzlDNzZDOEQ0QkE1MkY3NjcwQjQzMQ=&email_id=f7f1680c6aa364a938f0f49e7b5544cf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)">Digital sovereignty in the BRICS countries</a></strong> (Cambridge, 2025), the volume by Johannes Thumfart, <strong><a href="http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_r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