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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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Encryption Keeps Kids Safe Online

Policymakers are proposing laws that will weaken encryption.
The EARN IT Act, STOP CSAM Act, and many other proposed bills are threatening encryption in the name of keeping kids safe, ...
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Final Results of the 2023 Internet Society Board of Trustees Elections, IETF Selection, and Board Appointee

The Elections Committee announces the final results of the 2023 elections, the IETF selection, and the Board appointee.  ...
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Another Successful NDSS Symposium

Almost 500 leading academics, industry researchers, and security practitioners from around the world gathered in San Diego, California in February for the 30th edition of the Network and Distributed System ...
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Fostering the Next Generation at the NDSS Symposium

The NDSS Symposium fosters the next generation of Internet security leaders—like 16-Year-old California high school student Aditya Puri ...
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How the Espírito Santinho Community Created Brazil’s First Fiber Community Network

Until 2019, the Internet was out of reach for most residents in the rural community of Espírito Santinho, located in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Since then, they have ...
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We Testified Because the Internet Needs a Voice

We testified in front of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law in support of Section 230 ...
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Misguided Policies the World over Are Slowly Killing the Open Internet

We must defend the Internet whenever there are threats, whether they come from a country, a corporation, or a misguided policy ...
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What is Section 230 and Why Should I Care About It?

The protections in Section 230 are up for debate in the Supreme Court. Learn what it is and how changes could affect the global Internet ...