AI Website GeneratorAs artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in our digital lives, its impact on mental health, online safety, access to opportunities, and civic participation is more profound than ever. While AI holds great potential to address social challenges and foster innovation, it also risks deepening existing inequalities, enabling algorithmic discrimination, and undermining digital well-being—especially for youth.
Building on the Asia Pacific yIGF 3-Year Blueprint and NetMission’s Asia Pacific Policy Observatory’s recent report “Asia Pacific’s Digital Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Youth-Led Analysis”, this session brings together youth leaders, industry experts, and policy stakeholders to explore how intergenerational collaboration can shape inclusive and rights-respecting AI futures. Anchored in the Asia-Pacific context, we’ll examine local efforts and regional cooperation that tackle algorithmic accountability, bias mitigation, and the urgent need for safer digital spaces for young people.
We will also discuss how to better prepare the next generation for AI-driven societies through governance literacy, ethical mentorship, and cross-sector support. Parental awareness, culturally appropriate interventions, and digital sovereignty will be explored as part of the collective responsibility to ensure no one—especially youth from rural or marginalized communities—is left behind.
This session aims not just to identify problems, but to co-develop tangible strategies for regional youth engagement in shaping AI policy, digital safety, and social equity across diverse local contexts.
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025
Time: To be confirmed
Format:
- Introduction (5 mins)
- Panel discussion (20 mins)
- Q&A (5 mins)
- Open Floor (25 mins)
- Closing remarks (5 mins)
Moderators: To be confirmed
Guest Speakers: To be confirmed
Discussion Questions:
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For open floor
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In today’s digital world, young people are constantly engaging online — sharing content, ideas, and personal data — often without full awareness of where that data ends up, who profits from it, or how it shapes their digital identity and autonomy. But as surveillance intensifies and powerful tech corporations consolidate control over the internet’s core infrastructure, youth are increasingly disempowered in determining the terms of their own participation.
In response, governments across the Asia-Pacific have begun to tighten digital regulation — often in the name of national sovereignty. While these moves are framed as necessary safeguards, they raise urgent questions about personal freedom, access to information, and digital self-determination. For example, Nepal’s proposed social media law requires local registration or face platform blockage, chilling youth participation. Similar policies in Australia, Canada, and the UK mirror a growing global trend: the centralization of power at the expense of individual agency.
Meanwhile, tech giants from the U.S. and China continue to dominate the digital space — shaping content, collecting data, and deploying opaque algorithms that influence what youth see, think, and share. The lack of transparency and accountability in these systems makes it harder for young people to exercise informed consent, resist manipulation, or build alternatives.
This panel brings together youth leaders and regional stakeholders to explore these intersecting threats to digital autonomy. How do we balance regulation with rights? How can we push back against corporate consolidation? And what would it look like for digital policy frameworks to truly reflect youth voices, values, and leadership?
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025
Time: To be confirmed
Format:
- Introduction (5 mins)
- Panel discussion (40 mins)
- Q&A and Roundtable discussion (10 mins)
- Closing remarks (5 mins)
Moderators: To be confirmed
Speakers: To be confirmed
Policy Questions:
Coming soon!
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, access is power—but not all access is equal. Youth across Asia Pacific, especially from rural, remote, and marginalized communities, continue to face systemic barriers to full digital participation. From weak infrastructure to linguistic exclusion, the digital divide is shaped by where we live, the languages we speak, and the policies that govern us.
This interactive session brings together youth advocates and industry experts to explore how AI, particularly in education and governance, can either entrench or help dismantle these divides. Are emerging technologies being designed with inclusion in mind, or are they leaving entire communities behind?
We will examine critical gaps in digital accessibility, from tools that ignore the needs of persons with disabilities to multilingual platforms that fail to accommodate linguistic diversity. At the same time, we’ll unpack how digital literacy, ethical design, and career pathways in AI can be more inclusive, particularly for underrepresented youth.
Youth are often on the frontlines of digital innovation—but remain at the margins of decision-making. This session will ask: How do we move from consultation to co-creation? How can youth—especially those most affected by inequities—gain real power in shaping digital futures? And how do we build meaningful, intergenerational feedback loops that center equity, governance literacy, and local context?
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025
Time: To be confirmed
Format:
- Introduction (5 mins)
- Breakout group discussion (40 mins)
Moderators: To be confirmed
Guest Speakers:
Online
To be confirmed
On-site
To be confirmed
Local Hubs
Coming soon!
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