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LIVESTREAM | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Wednesday April 15 2026, The Canadian Internet Society (TCIS) will host its annual Digital Access Day policy conference. The 2026 theme is ‘Access, Autonomy, and the Open Internet‘ and asks a simple question: how do we build stronger Canadian capacity for AI, cloud, and networks without breaking […]

LIVESTREAM (PHONE) | LIVESTREAM 2 (PC) | REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Thursday April 16, 2026 at 09:00-10:00 PDT (16:00-17:00 UTC) the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will host a livestream ‘EFFecting Change: Can’t Stop the Signal‘. Internet shutdowns have become a powerful weapon. Years of digital repression in Iran have intensified during the […]

LIVESTREAM | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Wednesday April 15 2026, at 15:00-16:15 EDT (19:00-20:15 UTC) the Institute for Local Self-Reliance Community Broadband Networks Initiative and the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) present a Building for Digital Equity (B4DE) livestream ‘Local Dollars, Local Solutions: Digital Equity Tax Money & How to Negotiate Better AI […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Thursday, 16 April 2026 at 15:00–16:00 CEST (13:00-14:00 UTC) the United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS) will host a hybrid ECOSOC Youth Forum 2026 Side Event ‘Digital Cooperation for Youth: Accelerating Inclusive Innovation and Digital Development’ in Geneva. The United Nations Group on the Information […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Tuesday 14 April 2026, at 15:00–16:00 CEST (13:00-14:00 UTC), the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will host a hybrid ECOSOC Youth Forum 2026 Side Event ‘Effective Youth Participation and Digital Inclusion Action Toward WSIS 2035 ‘ in Geneva. The WSIS framework recognizes that the equitable […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 12:00-13:00 EDT (16:00-17:00 UTC) the Fiber Broadband Association hosts a webinar ‘Women in Fiber: She Built This: Spotlighting Success and Career Growth in Fiber‘. This webinar is designed to inspire, inform, and empower women at all stages of their careers in fiber. […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On 27 May 2026, at 12:00-13:00 UTC, ICANN Contractual Compliance will host a webinar ‘What Makes a DNS Abuse Complaint to ICANN Actionable: Insights and Common Challenges‘. Case studies will be explored, plus there will be a walkthrough of ICANN’s Step-by-Step Guide for Submitting DNS Abuse Complaints SPEAKERS […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On 22 April 2026, at 12:00-13:00 UTC, ICANN’s Government Engagement team will host a webinar ‘ICANN and Global Internet Governance Engagements in 2026‘. With the WSIS+20 review in the rear mirror, what’s next? SPEAKERS Janis Karklins – Head, Government Engagement, , ICANN Becky McGilley – Government and IGO […]

The traffic steering decisions that content delivery networks choose affect latency, resilience, and sovereignty.

VIDEO | RECAPS | ARCHIVE | PERMALINK On March 23-30 2026 the NYC Open Data Team at the Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI), BetaNYC, and Data through Design presented NYC Open Data Week 2026. Every March, New Yorkers come together online and across the five boroughs to celebrate public data in New York City […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Thursday, 23rd April 2026 at 11:00-12:00 EDT (15:00-16:00 UTC) the Industry Network Technology Council (INTC) and the India Internet Engineering Society (IIESoc) host a webinar ‘IP Address Geolocation‘. IP-based geolocation is widely used today for applications such as content delivery, compliance, and network optimization, but has inherent […]

Drawing on our strategic priorities, this blog post outlines where we will focus our efforts in supporting the implementation of the WSIS+20 commitments. The post From Commitments to Practice: Internet Society’s Priorities for WSIS+20 Implementation appeared first on Internet Society.

 VIDEO | AUDIO | RECAP | ARCHIVE | PERMALINK On March 11 2026, the Canadian Internet Society (TCIS)  and TELUS hosted ‘Canada’s AI Strategy: Reading Between the Lines of “What We Heard”’ at the Rideau Club in Ottawa. The federal consultation on Canada’s National AI Strategy  surfaced major concerns and recommendations on IP retention, foreign […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Monday 11 May 2026, at 16:00 CEST (14:00 UTC) , the Global Cyber Alliance and eco’s topDNS Initiative host a joint webinar ‘topDNS Best Practice Series: Beyond the Perimeter – Managing Internet Routing as a Supply Chain Risk‘. This 12th topDNS session explores why Internet routing is […]

On March 27th, around 25 people — with another 10 joining online — gathered at the L200 community center to explore a deceptively simple but increasingly urgent question: “What does Digital Sovereignty mean for civil society?” Together with European experts from academia and civil society, invited to Zurich by the Internet Society Switzerland Chapter (ISOC‑CH), […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Tuesday 14 April 2026 the European Commission, in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will hold a hybrid event ‘Seminar on Human Rights and ICT Standardisation‘ in Brussels. This seminar builds on a workshop held at […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Wednesday, April 15 2026, at 12:30-14:00 EDT (16:30-18:00 UTC) Folk Tech hosts a ‘Project Show & Tell‘ showcase. Folk Tech is a movement among people who want to develop apps for their community without depending on big tech companies and a community of developers making decentralized, p2p, […]

The Internet Society Elections Committee is pleased to announce the final results of the 2026 elections and the IETF selections for the Board of Trustees.   The post Final Results of the 2026 Internet Society Board of Trustees Elections and IETF Selections appeared first on Internet Society.

Le comité électoral de l’Internet Society a le plaisir d’annoncer les résultats définitifs des élections 2026 ainsi que les sélections de l’IETF pour le Conseil d’administration.   The post Résultats définitifs des élections 2026 du conseil d’administration de l’Internet Society et des sélections de l’IETF  appeared first on Internet Society.

El Comité Electoral de Internet Society tiene el placer de anunciar los resultados finales de las elecciones de 2026 y la selección del IETF para la Junta Directiva de Internet Society. The post Resultados finales de las elecciones de 2026 y selección del IETF para la Junta Directiva de Internet Society appeared first on Internet Society.

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On April 24 2026, at 09:00-10:00 EDT (13:00-14:00 UTC), H.E. Ambassador Egriselda López, Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations, Chair of the Global Mechanism on developments in the field of ICTs in the context of international security and advancing responsible State behaviour in the use […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Wednesday April 15 2026, ar 10:30-12:00 EDT (14:30-16:00 UTC) the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Future Networks Initiative (FNI)  will host a webinar kick off their 2026 Connecting the Unconnected (CTU) program. This annual effort has two aspects 1) a global challenge  – a competition […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Wednesday April 15, 2026, at 14:00 EDT (18;00 UTC)the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB)  will host a webinar, ‘Transforming Rural Health: Understanding and Leveraging the Rural Health Transformation Program‘. The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program (RHT Program)  represents a major opportunity to strengthen rural […]

A recent study of 472 IXPs shows a 49.2% increase in daily aggregate IXP traffic from January 2023 to December 2024.

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at 16:00-17:00 UTC, ICANN’s Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency will hold a webinar ‘The New gTLD Program 2026 and the Future of the DNS Ecosystem‘. The session, one of an ongoing series of DNS Training Webinars for ISPs, will provide an […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Tuesday, 14 April 2026, at 13:00-14:15 UTC, ICANN At-Large will host a webinar ‘Overview on DNS Abuse Mitigation‘ to discuss and help shape the At-Large agenda in its combat against DNS Abuse. DNS Abuse mitigation remains as a key focus area for the ALAC and At-Large community. […]

April 8, 2026 The Center for Democracy & Technology, Global Partners Digital, the Internet Freedom Foundation, the Internet Society, and Mozilla, constituting the Steering Committee of the Global Encryption Coalition, express our serious concern regarding Meta’s announcement that it will discontinue end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Instagram Direct Messages as of May 8, 2026. We call […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Friday April 24, 2026, from 12;00-13:00 EDT (16:00-17:00 UTC) the Canada Youth Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will host the Canada Youth IGF Honorariums Symposium online. The event features Canada Youth IGF 2025 funded fellows showcasing their digital governance community engagement projects. The program is sponsored by the […]

The Internet Society Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the Research Grant Program, which supports innovative research that deepens the understanding of the Internet and its impact on society. By funding forward-thinking projects and collaborations, the program aims to generate actionable insights that can help us create a more inclusive, trustworthy, […]

Following the 17 December 2025, United Nations (Resolution 80/173), the United Nations General Assembly confirmed the IGF as a permanent forum.  As part of the Internet Governance Forum a global multi stakeholder platform that facilitates the discussion of public policy issues pertaining to the Internet, the Uganda Internet Governance Forum (UIGF) provides a platform for deliberation on digital governance concerns in […]