Security

Internet Impact Brief: How Canada’s Online News Act Will Harm the Internet, Restricting Innovation, Security, and Growth of the Digital Economy
Internet Way of Networking 14 February 2023

Internet Impact Brief: How Canada’s Online News Act Will Harm the Internet, Restricting Innovation, Security, and Growth of the Digital Economy

Read how Canada’s Online News Act contributes to fragmentation by undermining encryption and splintering the relationship and experiences of...

Internet Impact Brief: How the US EARN IT Act Threatens Security, Confidentiality, and Safety Online
Strengthening the Internet 17 November 2022

Internet Impact Brief: How the US EARN IT Act Threatens Security, Confidentiality, and Safety Online

Read how the US EARN IT Act poses an existential threat to the Internet safety and security by preventing...

Internet Impact Brief: Draft Indian Telecommunication Bill 2022
Strengthening the Internet 9 November 2022

Internet Impact Brief: Draft Indian Telecommunication Bill 2022

Read how the draft telecommunication bill may affect Internet-based services in India, and more broadly, the health of the...

Internet Impact Brief: European Commission Proposal to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse
Internet Way of Networking 19 August 2022

Internet Impact Brief: European Commission Proposal to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse

Read how limitations on encryption arising from the CSA Proposal would move the Internet further from its potential as...

Internet Impact Brief: India CERT-In Cybersecurity Directions 2022
Strengthening the Internet 1 June 2022

Internet Impact Brief: India CERT-In Cybersecurity Directions 2022

Read how the draft regulation may affect Internet development in India, and more broadly, the health of the global...

Internet Impact Brief: Bangladesh: Regulation for Digital, Social Media and OTT Platforms, 2021
Strengthening the Internet 4 March 2022

Internet Impact Brief: Bangladesh: Regulation for Digital, Social Media and OTT Platforms, 2021

Finds that the provisions outlined in the draft regulation could have serious repercussions on the usefulness of the Internet...

Internet Impact Brief: Nigeria’s Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation Bill 2019
Strengthening the Internet 21 February 2022

Internet Impact Brief: Nigeria’s Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation Bill 2019

Finds that implementing the regulatory measures described in the proposed Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation Bill 2019 would...

Internet Impact Brief: End-to-end Encryption under the UK’s Draft Online Safety Bill
Strengthening the Internet 5 January 2022

Internet Impact Brief: End-to-end Encryption under the UK’s Draft Online Safety Bill

This brief uses the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit (IIAT) to assess how the limitations placed on the use of...

Internet Impact Brief: Mandated Browser Root Certificates in the European Union’s eIDAS Regulation on the Internet
Strengthening the Internet 8 November 2021

Internet Impact Brief: Mandated Browser Root Certificates in the European Union’s eIDAS Regulation on the Internet

This report uses the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit (IIAT) to assess how the EU’s proposal may affect the global...

Internet Impact Brief: 2021 Indian Intermediary Guidelines and the Internet Experience in India
Strengthening the Internet 8 November 2021

Internet Impact Brief: 2021 Indian Intermediary Guidelines and the Internet Experience in India

This report uses the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit to assess how the 2021 Indian Intermediary Guidelines may affect the...

Internet Impact Brief: Canada’s Proposed Online Harms Legislation and the Internet
Strengthening the Internet 8 November 2021

Internet Impact Brief: Canada’s Proposed Online Harms Legislation and the Internet

This report uses the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit (IIAT) to assess how the Canada’s proposed online harms bill may...