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When It Comes to IoT, We Must Work Together to #SecureIt
Internet of Things (IoT)
19 October 2018
When It Comes to IoT, We Must Work Together to #SecureIt
My first ever rendezvous with the word “IoT” was during my final year at a college conference, when a...
IXPs: Why Is the Middle East Lagging Behind?
Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
19 October 2018
IXPs: Why Is the Middle East Lagging Behind?
On October 2nd, the Internet Society was happy to support the ITU in organizing the IXP Workshop on Peering...
Human Connection Frames Success of 2018 Indigenous Connectivity Summit
Community Networks
18 October 2018
Human Connection Frames Success of 2018 Indigenous Connectivity Summit
The Internet is an incredible tool that can help amplify voices that may not otherwise be heard. But when...
Splintering the Internet: The Unintended Consequence of Regulation
Public Policy
18 October 2018
Splintering the Internet: The Unintended Consequence of Regulation
In early 2000, two Paris-based, anti-racism groups sued Yahoo on the basis that its auction’s site was exposing French...
GLIF 2018 Held at the Home of Hamlet
Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
17 October 2018
GLIF 2018 Held at the Home of Hamlet
The 18th Annual Global LambaGrid Workshop (GLIF 2018) was held on 18-21 September 2018 at the Kulturværftet in Helsingør...
Senegal First African Country to Implement Recommendations of ‘Personal Data Protection Guidelines for Africa’
Privacy
16 October 2018
Senegal First African Country to Implement Recommendations of ‘Personal Data Protection Guidelines for Africa’
Last week, we have had a busy two days (11-12 October 2018) in Dakar participating in a mutlistakeholder workshop...
G20 Women’s Summit: Digital Inclusion for Women
Women In Tech
16 October 2018
G20 Women’s Summit: Digital Inclusion for Women
What if future generations in 2030 learned about gender inequality in their history class and not in their lived...
Website update: Experiencing problems with translations into French and Spanish
About Internet Society
15 October 2018
Website update: Experiencing problems with translations into French and Spanish
I must apologize to readers of our French and Spanish versions of our website. We are currently experiencing a...
The Week in Internet News: Facebook Bans ‘Clickbait’ Political Accounts
Technology
15 October 2018
The Week in Internet News: Facebook Bans ‘Clickbait’ Political Accounts
Good-bye clickbait? Facebook has tossed out more than 800 publishers and accounts it accused of trafficking in clickbait and...
We Need to Talk… about the State of Internet Governance
Internet Governance
12 October 2018
We Need to Talk… about the State of Internet Governance
In about a month, some of the key stakeholders in Internet Governance will come together in Paris and talk...
Indigenous Connectivity Summit 2018: Training Day
Access
12 October 2018
Indigenous Connectivity Summit 2018: Training Day
True to its location in Festival City – also known as Edmonton, Alberta – the 2018 Indigenous Connectivity Summit’s...
Internet Society submits comments for the revision of the Ethiopian Cybercrime law
Internet Governance
12 October 2018
Internet Society submits comments for the revision of the Ethiopian Cybercrime law
Imagine how much the Internet has changed our lives in the last few decades. Today, thanks to the Internet,...