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The Week in Internet News: Researchers Develop AI Writing App but Worry about Fake News
Technology
15 February 2019
The Week in Internet News: Researchers Develop AI Writing App but Worry about Fake News
Too easy to fake: OpenAI, a research institute in San Francisco, has developed an Artificial Intelligence program to write...
Learn More about IXPs at the Middle East Network Operators Group
Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
15 February 2019
Learn More about IXPs at the Middle East Network Operators Group
Internet Exchange Points are now considered to be an integral part of the Internet infrastructure worldwide. In very simple...
We Are on This Road Together
Internet Governance
14 February 2019
We Are on This Road Together
Twenty-six-year-old software engineer Akah Harvey N L has fun building things and sharing his knowledge with local communities in...
Do You Want Privacy With That?
Privacy
12 February 2019
Do You Want Privacy With That?
You may have heard about CloudPets being pulled off shelves for recording kids’ voices and that data being leaked, or...
Future Thinking: Alissa Cooper on the Technical Impact of Internet Consolidation
Shaping the Internet's Future
12 February 2019
Future Thinking: Alissa Cooper on the Technical Impact of Internet Consolidation
Alissa Cooper is a Fellow at Cisco Systems. She has been serving as the Chair of the Internet Engineering...
The Internet Society supports the work of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to create open standards for the Internet.
Count My Voice
Count My Voice
An Internet that's developed by only a few voices cannot be an 'Internet for Everyone.'
#CountMyVoice too!
Switch It On!
Switch It On!
Support our call to the nations of the world to #SwitchItOn and #KeepItOn.
#SwitchItOn
#GetIoTSmart
#GetIoTSmart
When we all #GetIoTSmart, we all win. Learn what IoT and device security mean to you.
#GetIoTSmart
Chapterthon 2018
Chapterthon 2018
Chapterthon is a global Internet Society Chapters marathon. Find out which chapters received the highest number of votes from...
Who won Chapterthon 2018?Resources
Promoting the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.
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European Regional Bureau Newsletter – 2 Feb – 8 Feb 2019
Internet Access EU: How Europe can win the “5G Olympics” In his latest blog post, the Director General of...
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Highlights from ISOC Africa – January 2019
Africa Regional Bureau Newsletter for January 2019
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European Regional Bureau Newsletter – 26 Jan – 1 Feb 2019
Internet Access EU: Record number of participants join EU Code Week One of the leading digital skills initiatives supported...
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European Regional Bureau Newsletter – 19 Jan – 25 Jan 2019
Internet Access Global: Cable industry calls for “great leap forward” in broadband coverage Last week at the Consumer Electronics...
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9 Steps Companies Must Take to Ensure Data Privacy
Many Internet companies have extraordinary access to individuals’ personal data – their actions, their friends, their preferences, their interests...
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European Regional Bureau Newsletter – 12 Jan – 18 Jan 2019
Internet Access Sweden: Rural municipality receives award for broadband best-practice The European Commission highlighted this week a partnership between...