Austria's Commitment to the 2030 Agenda

ACTIVE ON
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
Nations to an open, free, accessible and
secure Internet and will be adopted at
the “Summit of the Future” in September
2024. “In many cases, the rules of the
international community only fit into
the analog world and not into the digital
one. Effective regulations for the digital
space are therefore needed here,” said
Federal Minister Karoline Edtstadler. The
yardstick must always to be in compliance
with human rights. “Safeguarding human
rights on the Internet also means, first
and foremost, providing access to the
Internet for everyone, especially in the
global South” - keyword: “connect the
unconnected” - in order to ensure equal
access to information for all. On the other
hand, however, it also means spreading
the protective shield against the dark side
of the Internet as widely as possible,” she
added, referring to hate on the Internet,
which spreads much more quickly through
algorithms than in the analog world. It
was also important to protect people
from autocratic and dictatorial regimes,
deliberately using Internet shutdowns to
influence elections or to cover up human
rights violations.
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