Internet Society Washington DC Chapter

Category: Events

  • Governing the Internet of Things

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    Dustin Loup
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    The Internet’s architecture and governance structures have been designed to enable innovation, global communication and the free flow of information, but the Internet of Things presents a new range of governance challenges. An Internet embedded in the material world creates new and increased concerns around privacy, security, and the possibility of physical harm to people…

  • Choosing New Technologies for a Better Internet: Who Decides?

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    Dustin Loup
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    The recent high-profile debates on encryption and surveillance policy mean that less attention has been paid to ongoing efforts to deploy new technologies and protocols to enhance the network layer, the Domain Name System, the World Wide Web, and other parts of the Internet. On some fronts, such as adoption of transport layer encryption for…

  • Visions of the Internet from Delhi, Wuzhen, Geneva, and Everywhere Else

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    Dustin Loup
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    ISOC-DC held its annual debrief on the UN’s Internet Governance Forum (IGF). In addition to discussing IGF2017, which was held from December 18 to December 21 in Geneva, participants will discuss their observations from the Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS) held in November in New Delhi, India, as well as the 4th annual World…

  • Digital Preservation: Policy Challenges (with Vint Cerf)

    Digital Preservation: Policy Challenges (with Vint Cerf)

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    Dustin Loup
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  • Baked In: Can Policy Help Create Incentives in the Cybersecurity Marketplace?

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    Ethan
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    How does policy impact evolution and innovation of cybersecurity markets and the tech sector? How can technology, standards-setting, and policy narrow the scope of risk within which cyber defenders operate? How can policy, markets, and the tech sector help to create the incentives necessary to enhance the security of the Internet?

  • Is the Internet Fragmenting, Part 1

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    Dustin Loup
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    Recent developments related to the Internet have prompted alarming questions about whether it is fragmenting. They include a diverse set of technical, economic, and policy developments and decisions that have been taken in response to the continued growth and globalization of the Internet, and its evolving role as critical infrastructure for the digital economy.

  • Is the Internet Fragmenting, Part 2: The Technical Lens

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    Dustin Loup
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    This event is Part 2 of a four-part series of dialogues organized in response to recent developments related to the Internet that have prompted alarming questions about whether it is fragmenting. They include a diverse set of technical, economic, and policy developments and decisions that have been taken in response to the continued growth and…

  • Is the Internet Fragmenting, Part 3 The Business Lens

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    David Vyorst
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    “The Business Lens” examines how technology choices and policy decisions that potentially fragment the Internet affect global commerce and economic growth. Microsoft and ISOC-DC are bringing together policy stakeholders, including government, the technical community, civil society, industry, and other organizations, to consider these issues more fully.

  • Is the Internet Fragmenting? Part 4: The Policy Lens

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    David Vyorst
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    The discussion, the final in a four-part series that has explored multiple facets of fragmentation, will bring together stakeholders from government, industry, civil society, and the technical community to examine how policy decisions can lead to fragmentation, and the impact of such fragmentation on the digital economy globally and nationally.

  • Content Rules?! Newsfeeds, Algorithms, Content Moderation, and Ethics

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    David Vyorst
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