The 2025 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) brought together UN agencies and stakeholders from the private sector, the technical community, and civil society to discuss some of the most pressing digital policy issues, including access to the Internet, human rights, Internet fragmentation, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), and emerging technologies.

The Forum’s discussions focused on digital trust and resilience, sustainable and responsible innovation, universal access and digital rights, and digital cooperation. IGF 2025 reaffirmed a shared commitments to an Internet that is open, secure, inclusive, and centered on human dignity and rights.

In a video message to the Forum, UN Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted the IGF as “the primary multi-stakeholder platform for Internet governance issues,” as recognized by the Pact for the Future and the Global Digital Compact. He said negotiations are underway to establish an Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and a Global Dialogue on AI governance, and called attention to the recently established Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Data Governance at All Levels.

The Secretary-General called for: bridging the digital divide to achieve universal connectivity by 2030; closing the skills gap; countering online hate speech; promoting information integrity, tolerance, and respect; addressing the concentration of digital power and decision making in the hands of a few; and fostering greater diversity, transparency, and trust in digital spaces.

During the Forum, the IGF Leadership Panel presented a vision for the good governance of digital technologies, as outlined in its paper, ‘The Internet We Want,’ along with an implementation strategy, which highlights key priority areas to ensure digital technologies serve humanity.

The 20th annual meeting of the IGF convened under the overarching theme, ‘Building Digital Governance Together,’ in Lillestrøm, Norway, from 23-27 June 2025. Key takeaways from the Forum’s discussions will contribute to the implementation of the Global Digital Compact and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as well as to the preparations for the 20-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20), among other processes.

Draft Lillestrøm IGF Messages are available for community review until 14 July. Intersessional outputs as well as dedicated youth and parliamentary tracks also contributed to the Forum [IGF 2025 Outputs] [Draft IGF 2025 Summary] [IGF 2025 Backgrounder]