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Global Encryption Day 2025
Save the date! Join us on 21 October 2025 for the 5th annual Global Encryption Day. More information about Global Encryption Day is coming soon. Until then: Revisit Global Encryption Day 2024 Hear stories about how encryption empowers and protects people Tell us your story about why you stand up for strong encryption Become a […]

Notícias periódicas n.º 202 de 17/7/2025 – CloudFlare, BOTs de IA, Criptografia no WhatsApp, Soberania Digital na UE
Image by CloudFlare A CloudFlare passou a bloquear o acesso dos BOTs – exceto se os editores seus clientes o permitirem – Segundo a TechPolicy.Press, a CloudFlare, uma empresa global, que protege cerca de 20% dos sites mundiais através de reserve proxies, passou a bloquear, por omissão, os BOTs (de…

What Is Community-Centered Connectivity and Why Should We Care?
Community-centered connectivity is when connectivity solutions are built for, with, or by local communities themselves. These solutions are not imposed from outside, but instead designed with direct involvement from the people who will use and maintain them. The post What Is Community-Centered Connectivity and Why Should We Care? appeared first on Internet Society.

OFDS: Switzerland Workshop Sets the Scene
The Internet Society organized an Open Fibre Data Standard workshop in Geneva, Switzerland recently.

RECORDING – A11yNYC – Digital Accessibility’s Gap: AI to Bridge Mobile and Web Barriers – Michael Bervell & Jason Tan
YOUTUBE | AUDIO |TRANSCRIPT | SUMMARY | SLIDES ARCHIVE | PERMALINK On Tuesday July 8, 2025, the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosted a meetup titled ‘Digital Accessibility’s Gap: AI to Bridge Mobile and Web Barriers’. TestParty co-founders Michael Bervell and Jason Tan explored the thorniest challenges in both mobile and web accessibility — and how […]

How Standard Setters Run the Internet
We are able to interconnect so seamlessly on the Internet in large part thanks to Internet standards, which allow us to communicate easily across a variety of devices, providers, and systems. The post How Standard Setters Run the Internet appeared first on Internet Society.

The New Digital Divide
New findings challenge the assumption that digital divides disappear once basic broadband infrastructure is widely available.

Margins to Mainstream: Comments on the WSIS+20 Elements Paper from Dr. Muhammad Shabbir
Comments from Dr. Muhammad Shabbir, Co-coordinator, IGF-DCAD. On 20 June 2025, the WSIS+20 Elements Paper was published as part of the WSIS+20 review process, outlining thematic priorities intended to guide negotiations ahead of the WSIS+20 High-Level Meeting in December 2025 and to inform the drafting of the forthcoming Zero Draft, which will consolidate stakeholder input […]

Takeaways From Lisbon SubOptic 2025
Petabit subsea cables, sensing technologies, and aging fleets, oh my.

Bloquejos dinàmics d’adreces IP
En Joan Francesc Gras (ISOC-CAT) publica un article a Tecnonews sobre els bloquejos dinàmics d’adreces IP que fa LaLiga. Article (17/06/2025): Un instrumento judicial polémico: los bloqueos dinámicos En Pep Masoliver (Director de tecnologia d’Accent Obert) publica com des de la Fundació donen suport als afectats pels bloquejos Notícia (11/05/2025): Bloquejos a internet: una […]

El domini .cat rep una beca de l’ICANN
El domini .cat rep una beca de l’ICANN per analitzar el respecte als drets digitals i el multilingüisme a internet. El domini .cat coordinarà durant dos anys un grup internacional per definir i difondre bones pràctiques que contribueixin a la visibilitat de les comunitats lingüístiques a internet. Sota el títol “Assessing GeoTLD’s performance for enhanced […]

Universal Acceptance
El passat 18 de juny de 2025, domini .cat organitza la primera jornada sobre l’Universal Acceptance (UA), una iniciativa global impulsada pel GeoTLD Group que girarà entorn la igualtat de totes les identitats culturals a l’àmbit digital, molt especialment d’aquelles llengües que, com el català, utilitzen grafies pròpies sovint ignorades pels sistemes digitals. L’acte és […]

Critical infrastructure lab launches new report on Internet Governance
By critical infrastructure lab1 The critical infrastructure lab and the Research Network on Internet Governance (REDE) are proud to present the report ‘Critical Internet Governance: From Positions to a Field’. The study Critical Internet Governance brings together a series of essays that challenge dominant narratives and power structures in the governance of the Internet. It […]

Egypt Internet Outage: Another Example of the Need to Spread Your Risk
A fire in a major Internet hub in Cairo has significantly disrupted multiple major Internet service providers (ISPs) in the country.

How the Technical Community Runs the Internet
The Internet technical community helps to build and maintain infrastructure, and enables us to communicate safely, affordably, and efficiently online. The post How the Technical Community Runs the Internet appeared first on Internet Society.

Community Snapshot—June
Our global chapters and special interest groups work to keep the Internet a force for good. Each month, we provide a brief overview of just some of the things they have achieved. The post Community Snapshot—June appeared first on Internet Society.

Gabon, Georgia, and Papua New Guinea Country Code Domains Go Secure
168 countries now have DNSSEC-enabled ccTLDs.

The Internet Society Haiti Chapter Receives Prestigious WSIS Prize
The Internet Society Haiti Chapter was honored today with the 2025 WSIS Prizes Champion Award for its groundbreaking project, “Community Networks in Haiti,” during the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) Forum in Geneva. The award recognizes its exceptional contribution to expanding Internet access in some of Haiti’s most underserved regions through community-led infrastructure. […]

The Internet Society Haiti Chapter Receives Prestigious WSIS Prize
The Internet Society Haiti Chapter was honored today with the 2025 WSIS Prizes Champion Award for its groundbreaking project, “Community Networks in Haiti,” during the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) Forum in Geneva. The award recognizes its exceptional contribution to expanding Internet access in some of Haiti’s most underserved regions through community-led infrastructure. […]

The Internet Society at WSIS HLE 2025 in Switzerland
The WSIS High-Level Event (HLE) is a global meeting co-organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and other UN agencies to review progress on the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) action lines. It serves as a platform for governments, civil society, the private sector, and international organizations to assess the ICT (Information and […]

Notícias periódicas n.º 201 – Eleições, Privacidade, Governação
Eleições no Capítulo Português da Internet Society – Na sequência da convocação de eleições no capítulo, teve lugar em 3 de Julho de 2025 a assembleia eleitoral que elegeu os novos órgãos sociais da Associação ISOC Portugal Chapter. O notícias periódicas deseja as maiores felicidades aos novos corpos sociais. Meta…

From Experience to Curiosity
For Cheryl Langdon-Orr, learning is more than professional development; it’s a way to lead with credibility and care. The post From Experience to Curiosity appeared first on Internet Society.

Rapport technique sur les perturbations de l’accès à Internet au Togo (juin-juillet 2025)
Ce rapport vise à documenter les perturbations d’accès à Internet observées au Togo entre le 15 juin et le 3 juillet 2025. Ces perturbations sont apparues dans un contexte politique particulièrement tendu. Le 26 juin, des manifestations ont éclaté à Lomé et dans d’autres villes, initiées principalement par des jeunes mobilisés sur TikTok, dont certains […]

מדריך איגוד האינטרנט הישראלילצ'אט מוגן ובטוח עם יישומי בינה מלאכותית
הצ’אט של רונית: רונית קיבלה במייל הצעה מסוכן הביטוח שלה לחידוש ביטוח החיים. בלי לחשוב פעמיים היא העלתה אותו לצ’אט הבינה המלאכותית וביקשה ממנו לסכם עבורה את עיקרי ההצעה. היא לא שמה לב שההצעה כללה פרטים אישיים רגישים לרבות שמה המלא, מספר תעודת זהות, תאריך לידה, כתובת, נייד, מייל, גובה, משקל ומספר חשבון הבנק להוראת […]

כנס האינטרנט והדיגיטל בחברה הערבית
השנה, כנס webna יתקיים ב-16.9.2025 יום שלישי 9:30-14:00 בגני התעשייה, נצרת – ומפנה את הזרקור על השפעות טכנולוגיות הבינה המלאכותית על המרחב הדיגיטלי בחברה הערבית בישראל. הכנס ישלב גם סדנאות מעשיות של מומחים מובילים בנושאים כמו יצירת תוכן קריאטיבי, שימוש בכלים מבוססי AI בשוק העבודה, והתמודדות עם הונאות ומידע שקרי ברשתות. הכנס הוא הזדמנות חשובה […]

Measuring the OneWeb Satellite Network
OneWeb’s lack of Inter-Satellite Links impairs its seamless handover performance.

PROCÈS-VERBAL DE LA CONSULTATION POST-AG – APPROBATION DES RAPPORTS
Date de clôture de la consultation : Samedi 28 juin 2025 à 23h59Mode de consultation : Formulaire Google dédié + emails individuels + Community Portal ISOC Documents soumis à approbation : Rapport d’activités Rapport financier Plan d’action 2025 Statuts Règlement Intérieur Procès-verbal de l’AG du 20 juin 2025 1. Contexte : Suite à l’Assemblée Générale […]

Dangerous US Supreme Court Decision for Online Privacy and Security
Texas’ mandatory age verification law, ruled constitutional by the US Supreme Court last week, risks the privacy, security, and open nature of the Internet. The post Dangerous US Supreme Court Decision for Online Privacy and Security appeared first on Internet Society.

El fòrum (global) de Governança d’Internet 2025
El Fòrum per a la Governança d’Internet (IGF) de l’ONU 2025 a Lillestrøm, Noruega, celebrat del 23 al 27 de juny de 2025, es va centrar en el tema general “Construint la Governança Digital Junts”. El secretari del capítol va atendre presencialment. El secretari general de Nacions Unides António Guterres va dir: “Two decades ago, […]

Measuring the Effects of the CrowdStrike Outage on Internet Traffic
Last year’s faulty CrowdStrike update had a nuanced impact on the Internet traffic of various organizations and sectors.