Issues of Youth in IG process

Internet Governance has become the pivotal point that drives the overall internet ecosystem. It has been handed over to the Multistakeholder process but more or less it is still ruled by the transcended values of limiting internet as a commodity of technology that is within the reach of people who have access and money only.

Internet for all or open standards has always been a global issue of creating layers where internet dynamic are creating variable limitation and difference. There has been subjective efforts towards mitigating the problem but with just the limitation of expertise and lack of intervention at the grassroots level youths are bound to suffer the consequence.

When we talk about internet governance and youth there is a huge gaps where things are complicated in many complexity of diversity, and knowledge. More or less the internet politics hinders the process of adaptation.

The major challenges for youth has been subjected not just with the limitation  but it is further targeting the youth with the externalities. In many of these cases youth are suffering the consequences of being victims of  just being users. 

Some of the issues of youth are: 

1. Lack of Internet core values 
2. Lack of awareness about the internet governance process
3. Internet politics around Internet governance process 
4. Orthodox and limited mentality 
5. Limitation of networking and participation in IG events 
6. Lack of diversity 
7. Favoritism and nepotism 
8. Social media and policy 
9. Lack of research and survey about the indicators 
10. Funding and fellowship
11. Lack of proper training

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