ICT4peace is pleased to report that over 100,000 people have already signed the Digital Peace Now Petition that ICT4Peace has helped launch together with Microsoft, Civicus, Observer Research Foundation and the UN Major Group for Children and Youth at the Global Citizen Festival on 13 October 2018 in New York. The Petition reads as follows:
“We are Digital Citizens—members of a thriving online global society. We trust technology to help us do our jobs, create communities and connect us. As Digital Citizens, we also share responsibility to protect our interconnected space.
We are more at risk than ever before from cyberwarfare. Governments are using technology as a weapon, which can devastate people, organizations, and entire countries. These attacks may start in the digital space but can quickly spread to the physical world. We must come together as Digital Citizens and call upon our world leaders to create rules of the road that protect our digital society.
We must demand Digital Peace Now.”
Sign the petition here.
Since 2007 ICT4Peace promotes cybersecurity and a peaceful cyberspace through inter alia international negotiations with governments, companies and non-state actors. More information on ICT4Peace work on Cybersecurity and Peaceful Cyberspace can be found here. A description of ICT4Peace’s Capacity Building Program and a list of selected ICT4Peace publications can be found here.