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REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Wednesday, 22 July 2026, at 12:30-14:00 EDT (16:30-18:00 UTC), Folk Tech will host a webinar ‘Folk Tech Connection Call – July 2026 – With Tibet Sprague!‘, featuring an interview with Tibet Sprague on his work building a community platform at Hylo, working in collective at Terran, and […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Wednesday, 15 July 2026, at 11:00-12:00 EDT (15:00-16:00 UTC), Ookla will host a webinar ‘From Space to Your Pocket: How D2D Could Redefine Global Coverage‘. Direct-to-Device (D2D) satellite connectivity is moving from industry hype toward commercial reality, promising to close outdoor dead zones as satellite operators and […]

La 12a edició de l’AI Congress tindrà lloc els dies 20, 21 i 22 d’octubre de 2026 a l’Auditori L’illa (Av. Diagonal, 547, 08029 Barcelona). Congrés 100% presencial. Inscripcions obertes L’entrada ISOC-CAT col·labora amb el AI Congress – Inscripcions obertes ha aparegut primer a Capítol Català de la Societat Internet.

El projecte OONI (Open Observatory of Network Interference) publica un estudi dels efectes que genera el bloqueig d’adreces IP durant els partits de futbol de LaLiga. La plataforma OONI consta de molts punts d’anàlisi distribuïts que monitoren el tràfic d’Internet. L’estudi complet es pot trobar aquí: «Collateral Damage of IP-Based Blocking During LALIGA Football Streaming […]

The lack of standardized censorship methods is unintentionally affecting critical sectors in Iraq, including education, business infrastructure, research platforms, and public services.

Representatives of Internet Society Chapters from across Europe gathered online on 23 June for the first 2026 Internet Society Europe Community Call, a meeting dedicated to sharing experiences, strengthening collaboration and discussing upcoming initiatives. Representatives from the Internet Society Chapters of Switzerland, Finland, Italy, Israel, Catalonia (Spain), and Armenia presented their most successful projects and […]

LIVESTREAM | REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Thursday, 9 July 2026, at 12:00-13:00 EDT (16:00-17:00 UTC) the Congressional Internet Caucus Academy will host a lunch event ‘Re-Drawing the Privacy Line: Chatrie’s Legislative and Oversight Implications‘ at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington DC. In a landmark decision for personal privacy and […]

Lorsqu’on retrace l’histoire d’Internet, l’accent est souvent mis sur les entrepreneurs et entreprises technologiques de premier plan, ainsi que sur la valeur économique qu’ils génèrent. Mais ce n’est là qu’une partie de l’histoire. On oublie souvent que la conception et le succès d’Internet sont le fruit du travail des organisations à but non lucratif, des […]

Cuando se cuenta la historia de Internet, suelen destacarse a los emprendedores, las empresas tecnológicas influyentes y el valor económico que han generado. Pero esa es solo una parte del relato. Una parte que a menudo se olvida es hasta qué punto Internet debe su diseño y su éxito al trabajo de organizaciones sin fines […]

LIVESTREAM | AGREGAR AL CALENDARIO | ENLACE PERMANENTE No dia 8 de julho de 2026, das 10h00 às 12h00 BRT (13h00 às 15h00 UTC), o NIC.br realizará a live Intra Rede ‘Troca da Chave KSK 2026 e Boas Práticas para uma Operação DNS Segura e Resiliente’, que abordará temas essenciais para a segurança e a […]

Despite massive investments by hyperscalers and CDNs into private backbone infrastructure, public Internet Exchanges (IXPs) remain a vital mechanism for traffic localization, reducing latency, and efficiently reaching local “eyeball” networks.

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Friday, 17 July 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 […]

LIVESTREAM | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Tuesday, 7 July 2026, at 10:00-12:00 BST (09:00-11:00 UTC), the Centre for Digital Inquiry (CDI) at the University of Warwick will host a livestream and workshop ‘Leviathan’s Ear: Machine Listening and Platformisation‘. The event starts from the understanding that the voice is singular, embodied and continually changing; […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Thursday 9 July 2026, at 12:00–12:45 UTC (14:00–14:45 CEST), the Internet Society United Kingdom, Switzerland, Serbia, and Germany Chapters will host a WSIS Forum 2026 session, ‘WSIS+20 follow-up – from Milestones to Momentum: what comes next?‘. As the WSIS process marks its 20th anniversary, this interactive session […]

Global Encryption Day Ghana 2026 will be marked with a practical public encryption clinic under the theme “Encryption for Everyday Safety: Protecting Phones, Messages, Money, and Personal Data.” The event will take place on 21 October 2026 and is designed to help students, traders, SME owners, parents, teachers, journalists, public servants, youth groups, and everyday […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK From 6 to 10 July 2026 the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the Swiss Confederation will host the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2026 in Geneva. The WSIS Forum serves as the central multistakeholder convening platform mandated to advance the implementation of the WSIS Action […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Monday-Tuesday, 6-7 July 2026, at 05:00 UTC, the United Nations will host the Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva. Established by the UN General Assembly, the AI Dialogue is the United Nations platform where all governments, private sector, academia and civil society will convene to discuss […]

El 24 de junio de 2026, dos fuertes terremotos de magnitud 7,2 y 7,5 sacudieron Venezuela. El evento sísmico fue el más fuerte en más de un siglo, causando la muerte de más de 2000 personas, destruyendo viviendas en todo el país y dejando a más de 12 000 personas heridas y sin hogar. Más de […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Wednesday, 8 July 2026, at 13:00-14:00 ART (16:00-17:00 UTC), the Center for Studies in Freedom of Expression (CELE) at the University of Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, together with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), will host a webinar ‘Is Freedom of Expression Dead? Rethinking Free Speech in Times […]

Measuring Internet quality does not necessarily require more measurement points but a greater understanding and reporting of anomalies.

The OpenForum Europe Capital Series event in Cyprus took place on 16 June and opened by placing open- source at the heart of Europe’s digital future. The opening remarks framed the conference as a bridge between European policy debates and the local Cypriot ecosystem, asking how digital transformation can be guided by public interest, democratic […]

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 (GEC), issued the following: On 18 May, Discord announced that all voice and video calls on its platform would now be end-to-end encrypted by default. Over 150 million […]

REGISTER | ADD TO CALENDAR | PERMALINK On Wednesday, 8 July 2026, at 08:00-09:30 UTC, the Dynamic Coalition on Children’s Rights in the Digital Environment (DC CRiDE) will host a webinar ‘To Ban or Not to Ban – How to Protect Children Online?‘. With the enforcement of a social media age ban for under 16s […]

Can mobile networks replace fiber-optic broadband networks in a sustainable way, particularly in rural areas, where low population density makes fiber rollout particularly costly?

For 83 year-old Seda Margaryan, decades of teaching have been the foundation of a successful career and a lifelong commitment to learning. Determined to keep pace with today’s digital world, she spent the past month participating in the Digital Skills Development for Vulnerable Groups training course. “I can now navigate the internet much more easily. […]

The Internet’s underlying architecture continues to evolve, creating new opportunities while also introducing important challenges. Among the most significant are changes in the way networks interconnect, or “peer,” which, according to a recent analysis by the Internet Society (ISOC), may undermine the open, decentralized and resilient nature of the global Internet. For decades, Internet service […]

The Internet Society has once again highlighted the critical role of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), emphasizing their importance in strengthening local Internet infrastructure and improving connectivity worldwide. Through collaboration with local communities, the organization continues to support the expansion of IXPs as a means of enhancing Internet performance, resilience and accessibility. In Armenia, the country’s […]

The Internet Society Ghana Chapter successfully organised an online safety outreach for girls in Breman Asikuma, Central Region, in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service, Midwife Safia, and Heritage Christian University. The outreach brought together 2,986 girls drawn from public and private schools across the district, with over 300 girls receiving one-on-one practical engagement and […]

The Iranian case points to a broader shift in how digital connectivity may be governed amid geopolitical volatility.

Skip to the Video Archives Below On 17 June, the MANRS community came together for its first community meeting of the year, run twice across time zones so participants everywhere could join at a reasonable hour. Nick Hilliard (INEX) chaired the East Session and Douglas Fischer (NZM / Binário) the West Session, both opening with […]