What Is Internet Fragmentation and Why Did We Make This? Internet fragmentation is the division or splintering of the unified, open, global Internet into smaller, isolated networks subject to ...

The Community Network and Infrastructures (CNI) Special Interest Group (SIG) works alongside local communities and regional stakeholders to co-design community-centred networks and infrastructures ...

The future of the Internet is in your hands. Our fellowships are designed to give you the tools you need to succeed. The Internet flourished thanks to people who worked tirelessly to help it grow.

Under pressure from social challenges and business interests, governments’ efforts to regulate various aspects of the Internet are intensifying worldwide. But even well-meaning policies can undermine ...

The overall responsibility for managing Internet Protocol address or domain names at upper levels is vested in the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), which delegates the actual administration ...

Any Global Member in good standing may complete an application. When it is completed the application should be submitted by email to [email protected]. Please note that Chapter applications are valid ...

I am the Principal, Internet Trust at the Internet Society, advocating for an open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy Internet. With a background in regulatory litigation and an ...

Q1: What is the “New IP” proposal? Who is promoting it and supporting it? A: Originally, “New IP” was a set of proposals that were submitted by Huawei to the ITU-T’s Telecommunications Standardization ...

An Internet Society contribution to the United Nations discussion on the Sustainable Development Goals and on the 10-year Review of the World Summit on the Information Society. The past thirty years ...

This is a discussion paper. This paper represents the Internet Society’s emerging opinion, but does not represent a final Internet Society position. Instead, we intend it as a means to gather ...

What is DNS, and Why is it Critical? The domain name system (DNS) [1] is fundamental to everything we do online. Serving as a directory lookup for the Internet, it makes the Internet easier for humans ...

In February 2021, the Indian Government introduced the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (hereafter, ‘the Intermediary Liability Guidelines ...