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Building Our Multistakeholder Digital Future, IGF 2024

Ahead of the 2024 Internet Governance Forum (IGF), we recognize the importance of the multistakeholder approach to Internet governance and including all relevant voices in the discussion.

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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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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 ...
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The Real Impact of Internet Shutdowns

The  NetLoss calculator is a new tool that estimates the economic cost of Internet shutdowns ...
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How a Rural Community in Armenia Built Their Own Internet

This community network connects over 100 households in the mountainous village of Shaghap, Armenia, as well as a local school and village administration office. The availability of high-speed Internet through ...
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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, ...