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Le chapitre togolais de l’Internet Society suit avec attention l’évolution de la situation dans l’espace civique et numérique du pays. Dans un contexte marqué par une tension sociale perceptible, des préoccupations économiques croissantes, et une mobilisation annoncée de la société civile, nous tenons à rappeler l’importance capitale de garantir un accès ininterrompu à Internet et […]

Many other African nations have made tremendous progress with their IPv6 deployments over the last few years.

Our partnership with CITEL has helped to close the digital divide in rural areas across the Americas through hands-on training programs. The post Expanding Internet Access in Rural Latin America, One Course at a Time appeared first on Internet Society.

In 2022 behaalden we voor het eerst de prestigieuze Gigabit-status van de Internet Society. Inmiddels is het een traditie: ook in 2024 behoort ISOC Nederland tot de best presterende chapters wereldwijd. We zijn trots dat we voor het derde jaar op rij deze hoogste erkenning hebben gekregen — een duidelijk signaal dat onze inzet voor […]

Multiple directories collate information about IXPs and newtorks that peer at them.

Verificação da idade, ID Digital e acesso a serviços online na UE – Segundo uma análise da EDRi (European Digital Rights Association), as propostas da Comissão Europeia para resolver o problema da verificação da idade online, podem implicar que para se ter uma presença online vai ser necessário apresentar alguma…

Join us for a one-day conference on the future of the .am domain, Armenia’s country code top-level domain (ccTLD).  This year, “Internet Society” NGO and “Internet Society Armenia Chapter” PO are expanding the scope of the annual Regithon, bringing new insights and broader discussions to the forefront. With the support of the Internet Society Foundation, […]

Expressions of Interest for 2025 TCIS Board Nominations The post Call for TCIS Board Nominations 2025 appeared first on The Canadian Internet Society.

Journalists are at the forefront of exposing Internet challenges and advocating for change.

Governments increasingly turn to DNS-level blocking interventions because they’re easy to implement.

Policy related content The post Policy appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter.

MANRS started with a group of network operators agreeing to a set of baseline requirements that, if implemented widely, significantly improves routing hygiene and security. And then, when nine of them jointly committed to these requirements, called MANRS Actions, the initiative was launched. It was November 2014. Since then, more than 10 years ago, MANRS […]

Switzerland’s federalist tradition delegates significant autonomy to its 26 cantons, allowing them to tailor policies and services to local needs. The introduction of a nationwide electronic identity (e-ID) system, however, represents a marked shift in digital governance: by vesting authority over identity issuance and verification in the federal state, the new e-ID law centralizes power […]

Člani Internet Society Slovenija s podporo Internet Society World so organizirali in uspešno izvedli potek delavnice. Veliko zahvale gre sodelavcem iz Rdečega Križa Slovenije, ki so poskrbeli za izvajanje pouka o digitalnih veščinah za starejše odrasle. “Z igro do znanja!” je bil slogan delavnice za obvladovanje in krepitev digitalnih veščin za starejše občane. Učenje poteka […]

21. maja je potekala prva delavnica za obvladovanje digitalnih veščin za starejše občane.Delavnico so organizirali in pripravili člani Internet Society Slovenija s podporo Internet Society World, ki je sofinanciral organizacijo in izvedbo delavnice.Delavnice so se udeležili tudi zaposleni Rdečega križa Slovenije, ki med drugimi nalogami skrbijo za izvajanje pouka o digitalnih veščinah za starejše. Delavnica […]

Healthy competition among Internet Service Providers can increase consumer choice, reduce prices, and foster innovation, efficiency, quality, and resilience.

ISOC-CAT ha signat la carta conjunta “Joint Letter on the European Internal Security Strategy (ProtectEU)” per tal de protegir l’encriptació a Europa. La Global Encryption Coalition i ISOC han coordinat aquesta carta conjunta (https://www.globalencryption.org/2025/05/joint-letter-on-the-european-internal-security-strategy-protecteu/) Joint-Letter-European-Internal-Security-Strategy-2   La entrada ISOC-CAT s’ha adherit a la carta conjunta sobre ProtectEU se publicó primero en Catalan Chapter of the […]

On 26 May 2025, 89 civil society organizations, companies, and cybersecurity experts, including Global Encryption Coalition members, published a joint letter to the European Commission, calling on them to address concerns around the impact that the European Internal Security Strategy (Protect EU) would have on end-to-end encryption.  The Internal Security Strategy’s focus on encryption will harm […]

Internet Society Nederland is trots om Lauren Challis te verwelkomen als nieuw lid van het bestuur. Als adviseur en changemaker met een scherp oog voor publieke waarden in technologie, versterkt Lauren onze missie voor een vrij, open en inclusief internet. Lauren werkt momenteel als AI Governance consultant bij het ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid, waar […]

Shutting down the Internet during conflict and tension jeopardizes people’s safety and access to information.

Møt venner og deltakere på IGF2025 for en uformell prat. The post Påmelding til ISOC Norge nettverksmøte 25. juni 2025 appeared first on ISOC Norge.

This month, TCIS Board Members Len St-Aubin and Dr. Irene Berkowitz appeared before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as part of the ongoing public hearing, The Path Forward – Defining “Canadian program” and supporting the creation and distribution of Canadian programming in the audio-visual sector (CRTC 2024-288). Their independent interventions brought clear, forward-looking […]

Iraqi officials today ordered the first Internet shutdown for 2025 as national school exams start.

Encryption is an essential component of a safe and trustworthy Internet. Weakening it not only undermines personal privacy but also jeopardizes national security and global cybersecurity standards.  The post Encryption Under Threat: The UK’s Backdoor Mandate and Its Impact on Online Safety appeared first on Internet Society.

Bli med ISOC Norge og møt andre representanter for ISOC Foundation og folk som er interessert i Internet policy fra hele verden The post IGF2025 appeared first on ISOC Norge.

Afinal, para a Meta já não existem redes sociais? – De acordo com uma notícia publicada pela New Yorker, durante a recente audição de Mark Zuckerberg no Senado dos EUA sobre o FaceBook (FB), o bilionário disse  que o FB já  não é uma rede social (o Senado acusa-o de manter um…

Countries in Africa and Asia saw the biggest gains in Internet penetration between 2022 and 2023.

In the five years since its launch on May 14 2020, the Global Encryption Coalition (GEC) and its members have reshaped the worldwide debate around encryption. The Coalition started during uncertain times, as the world faced the first few months of a global pandemic. With just 37 civil society members at its founding, the Coalition […]

Over the last five years, Internet Society chapters have played a critical role in helping ensure the success of the Global Encryption Coalition and in defending encryption around the world.   The post Five Years of Collaboration Between the Global Encryption Coalition and Internet Society Chapters  appeared first on Internet Society.

Burkina Faso is the 32nd African country to deploy DNSSEC at its country code Top-Level Domain.