The EU-funded Global Initiative on the Future of the Internet is supporting the 2026 International Conference on Digital Platform Governance in Pretoria
When
12 February 2026
09:00 CET
13 February 2026
18:00 CET
- 12 Feb09.00 - 18.00
- 13 Feb09.00 - 18.00
Where
Future Africa Campus, University of Pretoria,
South Africa
Co-hosted by the Information, Communication, Technologies and Media Regulators Forum of South Africa and Social Media 4 Peace South Africa (SM4PSA), the event is organised with the support of UNESCO, the African Communication Regulation Authorities Network (ACRAN), the Francophone Network of Media Regulators (REFRAM), the I4T Knowledge Network, and the European Union.
This second edition will convene media and communication regulators, governments, electoral bodies, digital platforms, civil society, academia, and international and regional organisations from all regions to advance human rights–based and multistakeholder approaches to digital governance, and assess progress in the implementation of the UNESCO Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms.
Public plenaries and side events will take place throughout the conference, featuring regional perspectives, thematic discussions and multistakeholder collaboration to strengthen freedom of expression and information integrity online.
This global conference will also mark the second annual gathering of the Global Forum of Networks (GFN), following its launch in 2024 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, during the first International Conference on Digital Platform Governance.
This event is part of the Global initiative on the future of the internet, a project funded by the European Union under the service contract no. NDICI/2023/447-807
*Photo by Hein waschefort, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Links
Scientific Organiser
Patryk Pawlak
European University Institute
Nils Berglund