Onno Purbo, this year’s Jonathan B. Postel Award winner, uses experience, knowledge, and expertise to build networks, improve access, and teach people how to do it themselves.
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Leading from the Front: How the Internet Society’s Training Efforts Are Helping to Upskill Africa’s Future Digital Champions
Infrastructure and Community Development
24 November 2020
Leading from the Front: How the Internet Society’s Training Efforts Are Helping to Upskill Africa’s Future Digital Champions
Tech skills are important for digital transformation in Africa. To realize this transformation, the Internet Society is supporting work-ready...
The Week in Internet News: Siberian Student Climbs Tree to Get Internet Access
Technology
23 November 2020
The Week in Internet News: Siberian Student Climbs Tree to Get Internet Access
Great heights: As his classes move online, Russian student Alexei Dudoladov has to climb a birch tree to get Internet...
COVID-19 Magnifies Inequality in Internet Accessibility
Press Releases
19 November 2020
COVID-19 Magnifies Inequality in Internet Accessibility
Washington, DC – 19 November 2020 – As the global surge in Coronavirus continues, the Internet has become a...
European Union, Use Facts to Make Cybersecurity Decisions – Not Myths
Encryption
19 November 2020
European Union, Use Facts to Make Cybersecurity Decisions – Not Myths
Nearly 450 million EU citizens are counting on the Council of the European Union to make decisions that protect...
The Global Encryption Coalition Breaks Encryption Myths
In the News
19 November 2020
The Global Encryption Coalition Breaks Encryption Myths
Center for Democracy & Technology
Prestigious Jonathan B. Postel Service Award Presented to Onno W. Purbo
In the News
19 November 2020
Prestigious Jonathan B. Postel Service Award Presented to Onno W. Purbo
Benton Institute
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Impact of COVID-19 on the Internet Ecosystem in the Middle East and North Africa
This paper focuses on the challenges of addressing the COVID-19 crisis and its potential aftermath in the Middle East...
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Insights from Internet Society’s 2020 Public Pulse Survey
Overview The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored how critical the Internet is to daily life – a point further emphasized...
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Breaking Encryption Myths
What the European Commission’s leaked report got wrong about online security In September 2020, a draft European Commission report...
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2020 Indigenous Connectivity Summit Policy Recommendations
Indigenous peoples in North America are pursuing innovative and independent ways to connect to the Internet. They face unique...
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Internet Way of Networking Use Case: Data Localization
This use case analyzes the effect that government policies regarding data localization may have on the Internet Way of...
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Does quantum computing put our digital security at risk?
A paper explaining how quantum computing and encryption are related.