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The African regional Bureau (ARB) team held an “Internet Society Africa Team 2014 Update and 2015 Outlook” webinar for all Internet Society members and Chapter leaders from the region on Tuesday 16 December 2014. The two sessions, one in English and one in French, were attended by more than 50 and offered a significant opportunity to reflect on the ARB’s activities in 2014 and to get a sense of what 2015 will bring.The webinar was also a unique occasion for the participants to ask questions and learn about the wide range of activities, which are implemented by the ARB across Africa in...
Date published 18 December 2014
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[Singapore – 15 February 2015] - The Internet Society Board of Trustees, during its Board meeting 14-15 February, applauded the progress made by the global Internet community on the IANA stewardship transition and encouraged continued momentum to ensure a robust and successful proposal that leads to globalization. Acknowledging the milestones that have been reached to date, the Board stressed that a successful transition will reinforce the value of the collaborative, multistakeholder model. The Internet Society recognizes the complexity of this transition and that core issues of...
Date published 15 February 2015
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Washington DC, USA; Geneva and Davos, Switzerland The headlines of today regarding hacking, exposure of large quantities of personal data, denial of service attacks, and the continued revelations about pervasive monitoring are deeply disturbing.The Internet Society believes that with each new cyber-related incident, we risk losing the trust of users who have come to depend on the Internet for many of life's activities. And we believe that we also risk losing the trust of those who have yet to access the benefits of the Internet, thereby discouraging the kind of investment needed to complete...
Date published 22 January 2015
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Policies on Internet connectivity and cybersecurity have emerged as issues of immediate concern in a survey of 855 Internet Society members across South Asia, topping other topical Internet-related themes in the sub-region. The study, part of a wider Asia-Pacific Regional Policy Survey conducted by the Internet Society’s Asia Pacific Bureau, yielded key insights on user attitudes towards local Internet policy issues just as several countries in South Asia mull provisions to increase Internet connection speeds and strengthen domestic cyberdefense strategies.The survey report shows that close...
Date published 31 July 2014
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IntroductionDeveloped by the Asia-Pacific (APAC) Regional Bureau, the Internet Society Survey on Policy Issues in Asia-Pacific is a crosssectional study of the attitudes of Internet Society (ISOC) members toward topical Internet policy concerns. Specifically, it seeks to gain insights on the importance of emerging and existing policy challenges as ranked by Internet users and stakeholders in the region. This report will provide an overview of the survey’s findings, which are intended to help the ISOC APAC Bureau better understand current perspectives on Internet policy in Asia-Pacific....
Date published 16 June 2014
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The Global Internet Report is the first in a series meant to celebrate the progress of the Internet, highlight trends, and illustrate the principles that will continue to sustain the growth of the Internet.Open and Sustainable Internet This report focuses on the open and sustainable Internet – what we mean by that, what benefits it brings, and how to overcome threats that prevent those of us already online from enjoying the full benefits, and what keeps non-users from going online in the first place.Given the rapid pace of change, it is important to solidify and spread the benefits of...
Date published 03 June 2014
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Twenty years ago, a non-profit consortium called the Philippine Network Foundation established its first live connection to the Internet via a 64 kbps link to Sprint in the U.S., heralding the arrival of the Internet to the Philippines. Two decades hence, however, the future of the Internet in the country looks just as uncertain as when it first landed on its shores. Local Internet buzz in the last two years has been concentrated mainly on the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. Some of the law's more controversial clauses-real-time data collection and monitoring, access blocking and...
Date published 02 April 2014
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While an individual’s privacy must, in appropriate circumstances, give way to matters of public interest such as safety, law enforcement and security, what recent events have shown us is that some governments have stretched the boundaries of “appropriate” so far that they have snapped. Legal concepts such as “necessary”, “proportionate” and “reasonable” have been effectively rendered meaningless by surveillance programs that:
collect wholesale Internet user data (including metadata) without due regard to individuals’ rights...
Date published 21 December 2013
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PERMISSION TO INNOVATE FOR PRIVACY, PLEASE
The Internet's great potential often comes from its fertility as an incubator for permission-less innovation. Duangthip Chomprang, Manager Regional Affairs (Asia-Pacific) of the Internet Society, looks at the role of emerging technologies, in conjunction with policy controls, in enhancing users' understanding and management of online privacy (excerpt from a presentation titled "Privacy and the Evolving Internet Identity: Food for Thought"):
The Richness of Technical Innovation
A great advantage of a fertile environment for...
Date published 07 November 2013
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About the ITUThe ITU was established in 1865 as an international organisation within which governments and the private sector should work together to coordinate the operation of telecommunication networks and services and advance the development of communications technology. The ITU comprises three sectors: Radiocommunication (ITU-R), Telecommunication Standardization (ITU-T), and Telecommunication Development (ITU-D).Sector members can take part in things like conferences or assemblies, study groups, working parties, expert groups, seminars, round tables, colloquia, and...
Date published 28 October 2013
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