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What Governments Can Learn from Canada when Regulating Online Harms
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Strengthening the Internet 18 March 2024

What Governments Can Learn from Canada when Regulating Online Harms

The Government of Canada introduced Bill C-63, the Online Harms Act, on 26 February 2024. As the name implies, the Bill...

Network Usage Fees: The European Commission Plays Politics with the Global Internet
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Strengthening the Internet 19 October 2023

Network Usage Fees: The European Commission Plays Politics with the Global Internet

The European Commission is playing politics with the global Internet. It’s time it clearly rejected the idea of “network...

How a Rural Community in Armenia Built Their Own Internet
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Community Networks 22 May 2023

How a Rural Community in Armenia Built Their Own Internet

Shaghap Community Network In the mountainous village of Shaghap, in the Armenian region of Ararat, over 170 families...

In One Corner, Large Telecom Operators. In the Other, Everybody Else.
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Strengthening the Internet 23 February 2023

In One Corner, Large Telecom Operators. In the Other, Everybody Else.

We encourage everyone interested in defending an open Internet to contribute to the European Commission's public consultation on the...

Brussels Workshop: Learning How the Internet Society Works to Stop Damaging Proposals
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Internet Way of Networking 19 December 2022

Brussels Workshop: Learning How the Internet Society Works to Stop Damaging Proposals

Brussels Internet governance workshop gives voice to critical stakeholders.

The EU’s Proposed Cyber Resilience Act Will Damage the Open Source Ecosystem
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Strengthening the Internet 24 October 2022

The EU’s Proposed Cyber Resilience Act Will Damage the Open Source Ecosystem

The Cyber Resilience Act will impact the openness of the Internet by virtue of its impact on open source...

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