https://www.wired.com/story/united-nations-igf-saudi-arabia-russia/
"THE UNITED NATIONS’ main internet governance body will host its next international forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In 2025, the UN may take its discussions on the future of an open internet to Russia. Holding the Internet Governance Forum (#IGF), back to back, in authoritarian countries notorious for their surveillance and #censorship of the internet risks making “a joke of the whole system,” one advocate says."
"In 2021, Canadian cybersecurity firm eQualitie launched a petition to have the 2024 forum in Montreal. Dozens of tech companies and civil society organizations from Canada and around the world signed on to the petition, but the Canadian government appears to have ignored the request. A spokesperson for Canadian foreign affairs minister Mélanie Joly did not return a request for comment."
#Canada seems like an alright choice for the #IGF. Alright, a few proposals from politicians lately do seem like splinternet material (that's not good), but it also doesn't have Saudi Arabia's human rights record.
Though, I'm sure these are probably not the only two possible options.
