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Five Key Takeaways from the Summit in Asia-Pacific on Deploying, Sustaining and Scaling Community Networks
Connecting the World
19 November 2019
Five Key Takeaways from the Summit in Asia-Pacific on Deploying, Sustaining and Scaling Community Networks
Community networks (CNs) offer a solution to connect the unconnected billions. They are becoming all the more important as recent...
The Week in Internet News: Let’s Encrypt Doubles the Number of Secure Websites
Technology
18 November 2019
The Week in Internet News: Let’s Encrypt Doubles the Number of Secure Websites
A more secure Internet: Let’s Encrypt, the nonprofit certificate authority, has helped the percentage of websites protected with HTTPS...
IETF 106 Begins Nov 16 in Singapore – Here is how you can participate remotely in building open Internet standards
IETF
15 November 2019
IETF 106 Begins Nov 16 in Singapore – Here is how you can participate remotely in building open Internet standards
Starting Saturday, November 16, 2019, the 106th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) will begin in Singapore....
IoT Security Policy Platform Wants to Raise the Bar On Global IoT Security
Building Trust
14 November 2019
IoT Security Policy Platform Wants to Raise the Bar On Global IoT Security
By next year, five Internet of Things (IoT) devices are projected to be in use for every person on...
The Internet Society & Public Interest Registry: A New Era of Opportunity
About Internet Society
13 November 2019
The Internet Society & Public Interest Registry: A New Era of Opportunity
Today marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the .ORG Community. Earlier today, the Internet Society and...
Peace and Cyber Hygiene
Building Trust
12 November 2019
Peace and Cyber Hygiene
It doesn’t immediately make sense, does it: the terms peace and cyber hygiene in the same breath. Still, there...
Heads Up! A Slight Change to the Internet Society Election Process
About Internet Society
11 November 2019
Heads Up! A Slight Change to the Internet Society Election Process
I’m writing to the Internet Society community today with a notice that there is a key change to the...
The Week in Internet News: Facebook Moves Forward with Encryption, Despite Concerns
Technology
11 November 2019
The Week in Internet News: Facebook Moves Forward with Encryption, Despite Concerns
Forging ahead: Facebook plans to move ahead with plans to expand encryption despite concerns from law enforcement agencies that...
Social Media Crisis Drives Ongoing Decline In Global Internet Freedom
Connecting the World
7 November 2019
Social Media Crisis Drives Ongoing Decline In Global Internet Freedom
Global Internet freedom declined for the ninth consecutive year in 2019, largely as a result of social media increasingly...
A Step Further in Making Pakistan Digitally Accessible
Connecting the World
6 November 2019
A Step Further in Making Pakistan Digitally Accessible
In a bid to improve digital accessibility in Pakistan – a country with about 30 million persons with disability...
Owning Your Keys: The Technical and Human Side of Encryption
Encryption
5 November 2019
Owning Your Keys: The Technical and Human Side of Encryption
Ever wonder if your next doctor’s appointment will result in jail time? Luckily most of us never have to...
The Week in Internet News: Russian Law Allows Country to Disconnect from Internet
Technology
4 November 2019
The Week in Internet News: Russian Law Allows Country to Disconnect from Internet
Walking away: A Russian law that allows the country to disconnect from the outside Internet in the case of...