The White House's Roadmap to Enhancing Routing Security is an important step toward strengthening routing security in the United States.

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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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Our computer networking course teaches learners around the world skills that promote employment, bring connectivity to communities, and make the Internet safer for everyone.

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We are committed to helping Indigenous communities around the world bridge the digital divide and connect to the Internet.

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While many of us take for granted the ability to watch live Olympic events, many fans around the world are excluded due to a lack of connectivity.

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When a host city is selected for the Olympics, major work begins to update the necessary infrastructure to accommodate thousands of athletes and millions of spectators. The amount of human traffic coming into a host city is so great that it can completely disrupt the flow of events and the lives of locals if proper […]

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Today's global outage of many systems was not an Internet outage, but it demonstrates the need for greater resilience in all our technical systems.

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Encryption is one of the best tools we have to help keep children safe online. Child safety and encryption experts share why it's important.

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In a decision on the NetChoice cases, the US Supreme Court upheld the rights of social media platforms to moderate content.

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We returned to the villages of Khunde and Khumjung to provide technical training so residents can manage and troubleshoot their community network.
The villages are home to the highest community network in the world and over 1,000 happily connected Sherpas.

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The Internet Society was created to bring together a global community to advance the Internet. Internet Society Managing Director and Incoming CEO, Sally Wentworth, speaks about the community that has grown over the last 30 years and how we will continue to work together to support the Internet of the future.

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Run the Internet for a healthier you and a healthier Internet. Join the challenge today!

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Join the Run the Internet challenge from 5-11 June 2024 to support a globally connected Internet—for all of us.

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Canadian Bill S-210 threatens to break the Internet in Canada and fragment Canadians' access. Help spread the word that it must not pass.

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A multistakeholder approach to Internet governance enables more voices to be heard. Coming together as a community amplifies our message.

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The US Department of Commerce began implementing better routing security practices—a step in the right direction for wider MANRS adoption.

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The Internet plays a critical role in improving election transparency. In 2022, Kenya saw just how crucial a resilient connection is.

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Asking TikTok, Google, and Apple to more intrusively track nearly every American with a cell phone, based on the possibility that a TikTok user might enter Montana, would be a significant invasion of privacy. And yet that is the likely outcome if Montana’s law SB 419 is allowed to take effect.  A law that claims […]

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It may be a cliché to say that the most interesting conversations you have at a conference are those between the sessions… but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s untrue. At NDSS Symposium 2024, I talked to one of the venue’s security guards, and the conversation definitely didn’t go where I expected. She mentioned she had […]

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The recent outage in West Africa caused by submarine cable damage could have been a lot worse. A strong community ensured it wasn't.

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