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From May 17 to May 20 2024 the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in collaboration with People Centered Internet (PCI) is holding three events that will celebrate three ‘Milestones’ in the development of the Internet. The first Milestone celebrates the 50th anniversary of publication of an IEEE technical paper describing TCP, a key […]

The Internet Society Foundation is proud to present BOLT Amplify, a series of audio episodes co-created by Media Justice and two BOLT Program grant partners to showcase the impact of their project and the Internet on communities worldwide.  BOLT empowers technologists, researchers, and social changemakers to develop innovative solutions for global Internet connectivity. Through BOLT […]

Last Sunday marked the 600th day of ongoing mobile Internet outages and service-blocking events, resulting in more than USD $720 million in Gross Domestic Product losses and 10,000 jobs.

The US Department of Commerce began implementing better routing security practices—a step in the right direction for wider MANRS adoption. The post The US Makes a Big Step Toward Better Routing Security appeared first on Internet Society.

Está em curso um estudo sobre o impacto das plataformas de intermediação de prestação de serviços.

Countries in the East and South of Africa are experiencing slower Internet connectivity due to two submarine cables — EASSy and Seacom — being cut during the weekend.

On Monday May 13 2024 at 15:00-16:00 CEST (11:00-12:00 UTC) the Brussels School of Governance hosts a seminar ‘Assessing the Material Shaping of EU Digital Sovereignty in Response to the War in Ukraine‘. The war in Ukraine is known to have informed and inspired the acceleration of EU legislations aimed at strengthening the EU’s capacity […]

On Wednesday 15 May 2024 at 3pm-6pm EDT (19:00-22:00 UTC) the North America At-Large Regional Organization (NARALO) and the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) will host NARALO/ISOC-NY Universal Acceptance Day 2024 at the Chrysler Building in NYC. This event is part of UA Day, rallying local, regional, and global communities and organizations to spread […]

On Wednesday May 15 2024 at 13:00-18:00 CEST (11:00-16:00 UTC) the Internet Society Switzerland Chapter (ISOC-CH) hosts a public event ‘Public Policy Sessions 2024‘ at the Switzerland Innovation Park in Biel/Bienne. 13:00 Official Welcome Bernie Höneisen, Internet Society Switzerland Chapter (ISOC-CH) 13:10 Introduction to ISOC / ISOC-CH Markus Kummer, Internet Society Switzerland Chapter (ISOC-CH) 13:30 […]

El Center for Democracy & Technology, Global Partners Digital, la Internet Freedom Foundation, Internet Society, and Mozilla Corp, que constituyen el Comité Directivo de la Global Encryption Coalition, emitieron la siguiente declaración sobre la adopción del cifrado como principio de seguridad informática para cada persona en Chile: El 8 de abril, el gobierno chileno publicó […]

The Center for Democracy & Technology, Global Partners Digital, the Internet Freedom Foundation, the Internet Society, and Mozilla Corp, constituting the Steering Committee of the Global Encryption Coalition, issued the following statement regarding the adoption of encryption as a principle of computer security for every person in Chile: On April 8th, the Chilean government published […]

Economic disruption and impact following disruption to undersea Internet network infrastructure is becoming a priority for many national risk registers.

The Uganda Internet Governance Forum (UIGF) has since 2006 been a platform for deliberation on Internet governance matters in the country. Debates at this annual forum focus on understanding current global, regional and national trends on the Internet governance agenda. This activity will be open to all stakeholders and require stakeholder engagement. The UIGF will […]

With 64 countries and the European Union holding elections throughout 2024, the Internet will be a critical resource for many people around the world to access real-time poll updates in our own countries and those happening abroad.   Kenyans are among the millions of us who will be headed to the polls this year. Like many […]

ISOC-CAT ha signat l’acord de col·laboració amb CIVICAi com a entitat membre del Consell Social (https://civicai.cat/consell-social/) La entrada ISOC-CAT és membre del Consell Social de CIVIAi se publicó primero en Catalan Chapter of the Internet Society.

Malawi’s Internet resilience indicators are similar to those of countries that are currently or have suffered from prolonged internal conflict.

Asking TikTok, Google, and Apple to more intrusively track nearly every American with a cell phone, based on the possibility that a TikTok user might enter Montana, would be a significant invasion of privacy. And yet that is the likely outcome if Montana’s law SB 419 is allowed to take effect.  A law that claims […]

Scott Bradner presentation ‘A History of the Internet‘ at the Berkman Klein Center in Boston, on February 5 2019. A veteran of ARPANET and the IETF, among Scott Bradner’s many roles are Internet Society Trustee from 1993 to 1996 and secretary of the Board of Trustees from 2003 to 2016. This talk provides a history […]

On Wednesday May 8, 2024, at 09:30am-4pm EAT (06:30-13:00 UTC) the Internet Society Tanzania Chapter (ISOC-Tz) presents an Encryption Seminar for Policymakers. SPEAKERS Dr. Haji Ali – State University of Zanzibar Dr. Fredrick Chali – University of Dododoma Dr. Daniel Ngondya – University of Dodoma Elilumba Michael Christopher Mukoji – General Practice Lawyer LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoc-tz-encryption […]

On May 16 2024, at 17:30-19:30 UTC the Internet Society Accessibility Standing Group (ISOC ASG) celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2024. SPEAKERS Dr. Praveen Misra, Chair – ISOC Accessibility Standing Group Ms. Jaunita George – Leader & Trainer – ISOC Accessibility Standing Group LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocasggaad24 REGISTER VIA LinkedIn https://bit.ly/isocasggaad24 REAL TIME TEXT (see ISOC.LIVE) TWITTER […]

On Tuesday June 4, 2024 at 7:30pm-8:30pm EDT (23:30-00:30 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts a meetup ‘Leveling the Playing Field: Toward Equivalently Accessible Video Game Worlds‘. Vishnu Nair of Columbia University will share insights from his journey in designing, building, and testing video game accessibility tools for blind or low vision (BLV) players […]

On Thursday May 2, 2024, at 5pm-6pm CEST (15:00-16:00 UTC) Public Interest Registry (PIR), Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) & eco’s topDNS Initiative will host a webinar ‘A partnership to empower domain name registries to disrupt CSAM‘. The session will introduce a new partnership that will empower all domain name registries to disrupt sites dedicated to […]

ISOC ha publicat el document d’estratègia per al 2030. 2030-Strategy-EN     La entrada ISOC publica “Strategy 2030” se publicó primero en Catalan Chapter of the Internet Society.

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Doug Madory (Kentik) and Job Snijders (Fastly), originally published on 1 May at https://www.kentik.com/blog/rpki-rov-deployment-reaches-major-milestone/. We’re proud to add that of MANRS participants, 71% are covered by ROAs, significantly beating the global average. Learn more using the MANRS Observatory. Summary In this blog post, BGP experts Doug Madory of Kentik […]

Hello and welcome to the first of our regular Pulse Updates! It’s a fairly long update, but there’s a lot of great things to highlight. The Pulse team at the Internet Society is committed to making Pulse the best place to view trusted third-party Internet measurement data to examine Internet trends and tell data-driven stories […]

Üha enam digikodanikke kogeb, et netis tolknemine miskipärast pole enam nii inspireeriv ja hariv tegevus nagu see oli kunagi varem ning sarnaneb pigem tüütule tööle või sõltuvusele. Süüdi ei pruugi siiski olla Internet ise, vaid netiplatvormide elutsükkel. Selle tsükli pea paratamatuks osaks on Kanada päritolu digiaktivisti ja ulmekirjaniku Cory Doctorow järgi platvormide “persereerumine” — see […]

In case you missed it, in early April, the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a draft Declaratory Ruling and Order in the Open Internet Proceeding. While largely about net neutrality, among its 435 pages, the FCC implies its intention to regulate Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).  In response, the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA) and the […]

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I am Thomas Holterbach, a postdoctoral researcher from the University of Strasbourg. In February, I was honored to receive APNOG funding to attend APRICOT 2024 and present the research contributions that my colleagues and I produced while I was a MANRS Research Ambassador last year. In this blog post, I will cover my experience attending […]

On Tuesday April 30, 2024, at 3:30pm-4:30pm CEST (13:30-14:30 UTC) eco – Association of the Internet Industry and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will host a webinar ‘RDRS – How to access WHOIS data today‘. The session will introduce requestors of WHOIS data to the recently launched Registration Data Request Service […]