The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way humans interact with one another. With an emphasis on less physical interaction and more social distancing, institutions and organizations are moving their work…
The MANRS Content Delivery Network (CDN) and Cloud Program continues to grow in numbers and in strength with three new participants. Hostmein, Verisign, and Vultr have deepened their commitment to…
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is, unfortunately, far from over, the Internet continues to be resilient, supporting the additional demands that we have placed on it, including the rapid growth in…
Up, up and away: Google’s Project Loon, focused on providing Internet access with balloons floating in the stratosphere, has begun providing service in Kenya, CNN reports. The project will use…
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.”—Brené Brown Three months ago, the Internet Society decided to face a new challenge. We took ourselves out of our comfort zone…
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven how important a strong Internet infrastructure is. Internet exchange points are a vital part of that. They are key to bringing better, faster, and more…
Lock it down: Several Internet Society chapters across the globe have written about the importance of encryption in recent weeks. The Namibia Chapter wrote about the way encryption can improve…
The Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act recently introduced to U.S. Congress may be the worse in a recent string of attacks on encryption, our strongest digital security tool online.…
Voting with their dollars: Hundreds of companies have pulled their advertising from Facebook because of the social media giant’s lax policing of misinformation and hate speech, CNN reports. Still, most…
The research and education community in the U.S. relies on a critical infrastructure to meet our education and research missions: the global Internet. This has been especially true during the…
20 June 1991 The closing plenary session of the first INET conference serves as the forum for Vint Cerf’s announcement of the Internet Society’s founding, based on a document signed by Vint…