Like every year, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be the venue where the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) launches the new edition of its annual publication Global Information Society Watch (GISWat

Regulations pertaining to online spaces have taken many forms. Information and communication technology (ICT) laws throughout Asia have provisions that seek to censor and criminalise speech online.

Together with a special companion edition: “Internet governance from the edges: NRIs in their own words”

APC has taken initiative to compile two editions of Global Information Society Watch 2017 focused on National and Regional IGFs (NRIs).