Egypt’s Submarine Cable Stranglehold
Published in News. Tags: resilience.
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/egypts-submarine-cable-stranglehold/
Tech firms, telcos in India urge central govt to control internet shutdowns
Published in News. Tags: shutdowns.
Internet shutdowns cost the country more than $580 million in 2021, with 59 million people impacted. https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/tech-telco-firms-seek-federal-oversight-to-control-internet-shutdowns-122090700496_1.html
TLS 1.3: A Story Of Experimentation And Centralization
Published in News.
https://blog.apnic.net/2022/08/17/tls-1-3-a-story-of-experimentation-and-centralization/
How To Shut Down The Internet And How To Fight Back
Published in News. Tags: shutdowns.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/29/how-to-shut-down-the-internet-and-how-to-fight-back
Older versions of TLS deprecated by Amazon
Published in News.
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/tls-1-2-required-for-aws-endpoints/
Internet Outages: What’s in a measurement?
Published in News.
Mozilla Foundation hosted a Twitter Spaces audio chat related to Mozilla’s new open dataset on Internet outages with Berhan Taye, Doug Madory, Maria Xynou, Alberto Dainotti and Alessio Placitelli. The recording is online now if you wish to listen or share further. It was a wide-ranging conversation about technical outage measurements, why they matter and […]
6 April: Upholding a sustainable, resilient internet: what coalitions and solutions are needed?
Published in Past Event. Tags: resilience.
https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/research-event/upholding-sustainable-resilient-internet-what-coalitions-and-solutions
Défendre un internet durable et résilient : quelles coalitions et quelles solutions sont nécessaires ?
Published in Non classifié(e).
2-6 May, 2022: LACNIC 37
Published in Past Event.
LACNIC 37, Cali, Columbia and online. 2-6 May
19-25 March, 2022: IETF 113
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IETF 113, Vienna, Austria and online. 19-25 March, 2022.
Internet in Fiji impacted by DNSSEC errors
Published in News. Tags: dnssec.
https://blog.cloudflare.com/dnssec-issues-fiji/
Mozilla Opens Access to Dataset on Network Outages
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Kazakhstan’s Internet Shutdown Leaves Millions in the Dark During Unrest – The National Post, 10 Jan 2022
Published in News. Tags: Kasakhstan, shutdown.
Kazakhstan’s Internet Shutdown Leaves Millions in the Dark During Unrest – The National Post, 10 Jan 2022
M-Lab Research Fellows Announced
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M-Lab is pleased to share our selection of Research Fellows for Spring 2022, generously supported by Internet Society. The fellows were selected for the merit, rigor, and feasibility of their proposed project as well as their research’s relevance to improvement for end-user Internet performance. Read more …
End of Year Review 2021
Published in Pulse News.
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IGF 2021: Measuring Internet Resilience and Shutdowns
Published in Pulse News. Tags: IGF, Internet Resilience, shutdowns.
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2021 took place from 6-10 December, 2021. The Pulse team gave a lighting talk on Internet Resilience and Internet Shutdowns. This short session offered a brief overview of the Internet Society Pulse platform and the data presented on it. There was discussion on how the Internet Society Internet Resilience (IRI) […]
The Human Cost of Internet Shutdowns – Trust Conference 2021
Published in Pulse News. Tags: shutdowns, thomson reuters.
The Thomson Reuters Foundation’s Trust Conference 2021 took place on 17-18 November, 2021. The Pulse team took part in a panel session on The Human Cost of Internet Shutdowns hosted by Jigsaw (Google). Scott Carpenter, Director of Policy and International Engagement at Jigsaw was joined by Internet Society Pulse Shutdowns expert, Hanna Kreitem, Justin Henck, […]
When the Internet Goes Dark – New Statesman, 22 Nov, 2021
Published in News.
When the internet goes dark: How states are weaponising digital shutdowns to stifle dissent
Internet Governance Forum 2021
Published in Past Event.
The Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be hosted by the Government of Poland under the overarching theme: ‘’Internet United’’. The programme is built around the six issue areas: (1) Economic and Social Inclusion and Human Rights, (2) Universal Access and Meaningful Connectivity, (3) Emerging Regulation: Market Structure, Content, Data and Consumer Rights […]
Open Call for M-Lab Research Fellows – due November 30
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Measurement Lab is seeking three Research Fellows to expand Internet performance research beyond the measurement and optimization for bandwidth. Fellows will utilize M-Lab’s longitudinal, open dataset and/or platform to identify under-recognized Internet performance metrics that can be used to improve end user performance. See https://www.measurementlab.net/blog/research-fellowship-call/
17-18 Nov, 2021: Thomson Reuters Foundation Trust Conference 2021
Published in Past Event. Tags: shutdowns.
Trust Conference is the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s flagship annual event and a leading human rights forum. The Pulse team will be taking part in a panel session, The Human Cost of Internet Shutdowns, alongside Jigsaw (Google). More details available here.
11 Nov, 2021: Internet Society India Hyderabad Chapter Workshop on Internet Measurement
Published in Past Event. Tags: india, Workshop.
The Internet Society India Hyderabad Chapter Workshop on Internet Measurement will take place on 11 November, 2021, at 04:30 UTC. The workshop will provide an overview of the Internet ecosystem in India and in the region using an Internet measurement lens and will focus on global routing and privacy considerations. Register here.
Facebook Has Good MANRS. Mistakes Still Happen – MANRS
Published in News. Tags: Facebook, MANRS.
Facebook Has Good MANRS. Mistakes Still Happen – MANRS, 6 October 2021
Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet – Cloudflare
Published in News. Tags: cloudflare, Facebook.
Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet – Cloudflare, 4 October, 2021
Facebook Outage Analysis – ThousandEyes
Published in News. Tags: Facebook, ThousandEyes.
Facebook Outage Analysis – ThousandEyes, 4 October 2022
The Open Internet on the Brink: Economic and Social Costs of Restrictions – The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Published in News. Tags: shutdowns.
The Open Internet on the Brink: Economic and Social Costs of Restrictions – The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, September 2021.
AFRINIC – Internet Society MIRA Webinar
Published in Resilience. Tags: Africa, afrinic, MIRA, webinar.
The Measuring Internet Resilience in Africa (MIRA) project team held its first quarterly update meeting on 16 September, 2021. MIRA is a joint initiative between African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) and the Internet Society. The project uses Internet measurements gathered by measurement devices called MIRA pods, which are located within African countries, to: Determine levels of […]
The Battle for control of Afghanistan’s Internet – Wired
Published in News. Tags: Afghanistan, disruptions.
The Battle for control of Afghanistan’s Internet – Wired, 7 September, 2021
The Draconian Rise of Internet Shutdowns – Wired
Published in News. Tags: shutdowns.
The Draconian Rise of Internet Shutdowns – Wired, 2 September, 2021
What’s Next for the Internet in Afghanistan – Kentik
Published in News. Tags: Afghanistan, Asia, Kentik, shutdowns.
Kentik’s Doug Madory asks What’s Next for the Internet in Afghanistan?, 31 August, 2021
The Current 004: Internet Shutdowns – Jigsaw
Published in News. Tags: shutdowns.
The Current 004: Internet Shutdowns, Jigsaw, August 2021
16 Sept 2020: AFRINIC – MIRA Community Webinar
Published in Past Event. Tags: Africa, afrinic, MIRA.
The Measuring the Internet in Africa (MIRA) project team is pleased to invite you to its first quarterly update meeting, which takes place on 16 September, 2021 at 13:00 UTC. MIRA is a joint initiative between African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) and the Internet Society. The project uses Internet measurements gathered by measurement devices called […]
The Irrationality of Deploying IPv6 – CircleID
Published in News. Tags: ipv6.
Marco Hogewoning, Manager of Public Policy and Internet Governance at the RIPE NCC, has written about the Irrationality of Deploying IPv6 – August 3rd, 2021
Working With Those Who Protect Human Rights Around the World – Cloudflare
Published in News. Tags: cloudflare, radar, shutdowns.
Working With Those Who Protect Human Rights Around the World – 29 July, 2021
Africa DNS Forum 27 – 28 July
Published in Past Event.
Our Internet Measurement and Data Expert, Amreesh Phokeer will be speaking as part of this year’s Africa DNS Forum. The full event program is now online and registration is open.
MIRA Launch Webinar
Published in Resilience. Tags: Africa, afrinic, MIRA.
On 21 July, 2021, we held a webinar to launch the Measuring Internet Resilience in Africa (MIRA) project. The joint Internet Society – AFRINIC initiative seeks to determine levels of Internet resilience in African countries. The initiative has already began conducting various measurements as outlined in the MIRA project overview and MIRA measurement infrastructure has been deployed […]
Increasing https Adoption – Chromium
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Increasing https Adoption – Chromium 14 July, 2021
When Governments Turn the Internet Off – Reboot
Published in News. Tags: shutdowns.
When Governments Turn the Internet Off – Reboot, 8 July 2021
The Deeper Root Cause of the Fastly and Akamai Outages – CircleID
Published in News.
The Deeper Root Cause of the Fastly and Akamai Outages – CircleID, 28 June, 2021
Pulse Webinar: MIRA, 21 July 2021 – Register Now!
Published in Past Event.
Join us for a webinar on 21 July 2021, at 13:00 UTC, for a webinar on Measuring the Internet in Africa (MIRA). The joint Internet Society – AFRINIC initiative on Measuring Internet Resilience in Africa (MIRA) seeks to determine levels of Internet resilience in African countries. The initiative has already began conducting various measurements as […]
Why the Internet Is Vulnerable to Outages – LifeWire
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Why the Internet Is Vulnerable to Outages – LifeWire, 22 June, 2021
Ethiopian Resources for Open Access and Digital Safety
Responding directly to a request for easy to share information about circumvention tools during a shutdown, Localization Lab has created short animations in 4 local languages and a video overviewing how to download and use a VPN when one is no longer able to use messaging applications or access content online. Localization Lab has also […]
Free My Internet: A Graphic Journey From Infrastructure to Shutdowns
Published in News.
https://freemyinternet.info
Accelerate networking with HTTP/3 and QUIC
Published in News.
https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2021/10094/
India signs G7 statement condemning “politically motivated Internet shutdowns”
Published in News.
BEREC IPv6 deployment workshop, 19 May
Published in Past Event.
https://berec.europa.eu/eng/events/berec_events_2021/280-berec-public-technical-workshop-on-ipv6-deployment-across-europe
IETF 111, 26-30 July
Published in Past Event.
IETF 111, 26-30 July: https://www.ietf.org/how/meetings/111/
RightsCon 2021, 7-11 June
Published in Past Event.
RightsCon 2021, 7-11 June: https://www.rightscon.org/
Africa Internet Summit (AIS), 31 May – 4 June
Published in Past Event.
Africa Internet Summit (AIS), 31 May – 4 June: https://www.internetsummit.africa
RIPE 82, 17-21 May
Published in Past Event.
RIPE 82, 17-21 May: https://ripe82.ripe.net/
LACNIC 35, 10-14 May
Published in Past Event.
LACNIC 35, 10-14 May: https://www.lacnic.net/lacnic35
NIXI unveils three new initiatives to create awareness about IPv6
Published in News.
Read more at:https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/nixi-unveils-three-new-initiatives-to-create-awareness-about-ipv6/articleshow/82102938.cms
Twitter and Internet Society hold lectures for journalism students
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https://www.telecompaper.com/news/twitter-and-internet-society-hold-lectures-for-journalism-students-at-american-university-in-dubai–1376634
Why faster connectivity means faster economic growth for Kenya
Published in News.
Mind the Gap: Understanding tech bans and outages in the Middle East
Published in News.
Read more at: https://www.zdnet.com/article/mind-the-gap-understanding-tech-bans-and-outages-in-the-middle-east/
Digital Safety: Internet shutdowns
Published in News.