The program integrates the political, legal, economic, sociocultural, and technological dimensions of Internet governance into a coherent curriculum, focusing on regional imperatives critical to the ...

Around the world, our 130 chapters and special interest groups work locally, regionally, and globally to keep the Internet a force for good: open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy. Several ...

This past Wednesday, 17 December, the governments gathered at the United Nations agreed on their vision for the future of the digital ecosystem, including the Internet. By adopting the outcome ...

This week is a pivotal one for the future of the Internet. National governments will convene at the United Nations headquarters in New York City to negotiate who will shape our digital future and how.

According to the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU’s) Facts and Figures 2025, an estimated 6 billion people—about three-quarters of the world’s population—are now using the Internet. Ten ...

Around the world, our 130 chapters and special interest groups work locally, regionally, and globally to keep the Internet a force for good: open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy. Each ...

With the near-constant stream of advertisements, sponsored content, and brand deals we see every day online, it can start to feel like the Internet is all about profit. While it is true that a lot of ...

Earlier this year, the UK government’s backdoor requirement led Apple to withdraw its encrypted backup services from the country. In France, proposed “Narcotrafic” legislation would compromise ...

Peering is a fundamental part of how the Internet works. It allows networks to exchange traffic directly, reducing reliance on intermediaries. This improves performance, lowers costs, and increases ...

The Internet changes lives. For those of us with access, the Internet has become woven into the fabric of our lives. We use it for everything. And for the third of the world without access, they are ...

In February 2021, the Government of India introduced the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules (or IT Rules 2021) under the parent legislation, the ...

Technical measures to screen the content of messages in end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) systems introduce systemic risk for both service providers and users. They frustrate law-abiding users’ intent to ...