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…
When the EARN IT Act was introduced in March 2020, technologists, civil society organizations, academics, and even a former FBI General Counsel blasted the bill as a thinly veiled attempt…
The Internet plays a more important role than ever, serving as a lifeline so that children can continue learning, families and friends can stay connected, and vital public health information…
In early May 2020, the Open Standards Everywhere (OSE) project held a series of virtual training sessions for Internet Society Chapters. Over 70 Chapter representatives from around the world learned,…