Free, open and safe internet to all

We welcome you to follow an online discussion on universal access to the internet and Finland's priorities as chair of the Freedom Online Coalition. The event will be webcast on the International Human Rights Day, Thursday 10 December, at 14.00–15.30. Finland will chair the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) in 2021.

The event will be opened by Permanent State Secretary Matti Anttonen. The event will be attended by Non-Discrimination Ombudsman Kristina Stenman, Ambassador for Human Rights and Democracy at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Rauno Merisaari, Director of Advocacy at Fingo Annika Launiala, and Business and Human Rights Expert Laura Okkonen, who represents the FOC expert network. The event will be moderated by Juuso Moisander from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The language of the event will be Finnish.

The event will be organised by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs together with the Finnish Internet Forum (FIF) and it can be followed at FIF website (the link cannot be accessed until on the date of the event)

Viewers may take part in the discussion by sending questions to the studio. A recording of the event will be available afterwards on the Foreign Ministry’s YouTube channel.

Advance registration to the event is not required. We wish you warmly welcome to join the discussion.