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Beginning a New Role as President and CEO

We are proud to introduce Sally Wentworth as our new President and CEO. Sally has been with the Internet Society for 15 years. As CEO, she plans to continue working towards an Internet for everyone and deepen our connection with our community.

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Network Usage Fees: The European Commission Plays Politics with the Global Internet

The European Commission is playing politics with the global Internet. It’s time it clearly rejected the idea of “network usage fees” once and for all. What is the European Commission ...
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Building More Affordable and Reliable Internet Access in the Arctic

This community network connects over 50 households in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories of Canada. It runs a cellular (4G LTE) Internet access network dedicated to fair access to underserved communities at ...
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Techxit: The UK Declares Its Exit from the High-Tech Startup World

No one in their right mind would now want to start up a high-tech company in the UK. With a last-minute addition to the Online Safety Bill (OSB), the UK ...
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What’s the Internet Like Today?

Every day as I get my son ready for daycare, I recite seven words: “Hey Google, what’s the weather like today?” The results from this now-‘ritual’ search dictate what he’ll ...
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Could Tuvalu Sink Twice?

The small island nation of Tuvalu is slowly disappearing into the Pacific. Could Internet fragmentation cause it to disappear forever? ...
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Encryption, Bad Bills, and Ripple Effects: How Riana Pfefferkorn Protects the Internet

We spoke with Riana Pfefferkorn, research scholar at the Stanford Internet Observatory, about encryption and protecting the Internet ...
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Why Internet Resilience Matters

The Internet Resilience Index (IRI) tracks open-source Internet resiliency metrics to support the development of policies and infrastructure to improve Internet resilience everywhere ...
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An Internet Champion for Africa: Remembering Pierre Ouédraogo

On 13 July 2023, the African Internet technical community lost one of its stars, Pierre Ouédraogo, fondly known by his peers as "Pierre O." Pierre was such an important part ...