The Importance of Strong Technical Communities and Partnerships in Africa
The recent outage in West Africa caused by submarine cable damage could have been a lot worse. A strong community ensured it wasn’t.
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Internet Centralization – New Pulse Focus Area Provides New Perspectives
Our new Pulse Focus Area on Internet Centralization can show you how well the Internet is fostering resilience, innovation, and global connectivity. ...
A New Tool to Measure Internet Resilience—Why It Matters
The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear that the Internet plays a critical role in society, and it’s underlined the importance of reliable Internet connectivity for everyone. It’s also highlighted a ...
Keeping the Internet on during Benin’s Presidential Elections
With protests intensifying and social media interruptions reported in the weeks leading up to Benin’s presidential elections on 11 April 2021, many Internet and civil rights organizations were growing nervous ...
MIRA Project to Provide Overview of Internet’s Resiliency in Africa
Internet resilience is the ability of a network to maintain an acceptable level of service at all times. The Internet plays a critical role in society and the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Internet shutdowns harm societies, economies, and the global Internet infrastructure – that’s why we’re tracking disruptions on the Internet Society Pulse platform. There are thousands of disruptions to Internet access ...
New Year, New Name: Insights Platform Is Now Internet Society Pulse
In order to align better with the Internet Society’s brand strategy, and to further differentiate our platform from other products with similar names, we have decided to rename our measurement ...
Why We’re Helping to Measure the Internet
Here at the Internet Society, we’ve always known that the Internet can be an integral part of our existence. 2020 has shown us that we need stable, reliable, and available ...
