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The Week in Internet News: U.S. Files Antitrust Case Against Google
Technology
26 October 2020
The Week in Internet News: U.S. Files Antitrust Case Against Google
Searching for a monopoly: The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech...
Kolkata IX: The Maiden Community Internet Exchange in India
Infrastructure and Community Development
22 October 2020
Kolkata IX: The Maiden Community Internet Exchange in India
In 2015, the Internet Society Kolkata Chapter decided to create an Internet Exchange Point (IXP). It had just completed...
How To Tackle the 5 Biggest Enterprise IoT Security Challenges
In the News
21 October 2020
How To Tackle the 5 Biggest Enterprise IoT Security Challenges
Security Boulevard
The Week in Internet News: Seven Countries Repeat Calls for Encryption Backdoors
Technology
19 October 2020
The Week in Internet News: Seven Countries Repeat Calls for Encryption Backdoors
Here we go again: Seven countries, including the U.S., U.K., Japan, and India, are again pushing tech companies to...
Taking a look back at the Indigenous Connectivity Summit 2020 · Rising Voices
In the News
18 October 2020
Taking a look back at the Indigenous Connectivity Summit 2020 · Rising Voices
Global Diaspora News
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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.
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Fact Sheet for Youth by Youth: 3 Ways to ACT
Heading to a protest or just worried about snooping siblings? You definitely don’t want to be SMSing about it....
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Virtual schooling: 11 ways to keep your child safe online
Take a look through our back-to-school checklist that aims to help you, as a parent or guardian, make sure...
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Intermediary Liability Survey: Latin America
Executive Summary This report is a product of a crowdsourcing exercise designed to map current existing intermediary liability regimes...