Welcoming and opening remarks by the moderator (5 minutes)
Dialogue with DCs on Evolving Technologies and Emerging Challenges (25 minutes)
Overview of generative artificial intelligence (AI), the Metaverse, Web 4.0, and related technologies
Human rights implications and early risks for vulnerable groups (children, teens, young adults, journalists)
Signals indicating a growing “digital and metaverse divide” impacting access and participation across age, region, and socio-economic status (e.g.,social media bans and restrictions against teens)
Optional: Q&A and Participant Interventions (10 minutes)
Dialogue with DCs on Governance, Accountability, and Policy Pathways (20 minutes)
Strategies for platform accountability, safety-by-design, and transparency in digital infrastructures
Approach to representative standards through inclusive, lifelong multistakeholder frameworks grounded in rights-based governance (e.g., DTC: Framework for a Modernized IGF)
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