Australia and India’s foreign ministers have affirmed their support for a free and open internet amid ongoing concerns that authoritarian regimes will try to mould the future of cyberspace to include more censorship and control.
Australia’s Marise Payne and India’s Subrahmanyam Jaishankar announced the creation of the new Cyber Framework Dialogue at the tail-end of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) in Melbourne, Australia on the weekend, where foreign ministers from Australia, India, the United States, and Japan met to discuss a range of issues including global security, economic development, and the response to COVID-19.
