Data Privacy: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Prospects for Legislation in the U.S.
In 2019, the debate around data privacy has peaked with numerous events elevating the issue, including the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation coming into effect, and passage of the California Consumer...
read morePlenipot 2018 Debrief: The role and impact of civil society
Join the Internet Society and the Greater Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society and Diplo US for a roundtable on civil society engagement at the ITU Plenipotentiary. The ITU’s quadrennial Plenipotentiary sets organizational priorities...
read moreInterCommunity 2018 and Visions for Internet Governance
Join us on December 4th from 1:00 - 6:30 PM EST for a two part event including InterCommunity 2018 and Visions for Internet Governance to discuss recent developments in Internet governance and look ahead to 2019 and beyond. Calls for increased regulation of the...
read moreThe Battle for the Global Internet
The next six months could be an inflection point for the way the internet functions at home and around the world. From the physical infrastructure to the services that run on top of it, the internet has become a major focal point of debate...
read moreGoverning the Internet of Things
Program Announcement and Schedule 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...
read moreChoosing New Technologies for a Better Internet: Who Decides?
Hosted by the Internet Governance Lab at American University 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...
read moreVisions of the Internet from Delhi, Wuzhen, Geneva, and Everywhere Else
In addition to discussing IGF2017, which was held from December 18 to December 21 in Geneva, participants 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 Internet Conference held in Wuzhen, China, in December.
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Digital Preservation: Policy Challenges (with Vint Cerf)
In 2018, the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY), with the support of Google, has embarked on a new project to explore and define Digital Preservation principles, protocols, and practices. The first event, in this two-part series, is presented in partnership...
read moreBaked In: Can Policy Help Create Incentives in the Cybersecurity Marketplace?
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?
read moreIs the Internet Fragmenting, Part 1
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.
read moreIs the Internet Fragmenting, Part 2: The Technical Lens
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 globalization of the Internet.
read moreIs the Internet Fragmenting, Part 3 The Business Lens
“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.
read moreIs the Internet Fragmenting? Part 4: The Policy Lens
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.
read moreContent Rules?! Newsfeeds, Algorithms, Content Moderation, and Ethics
A joint panel discussion in New York City and Washington DC on January 18, 2017 at 6:00pm, hosted by the New York and Washington, DC Chapters of the Internet Society in partnership with the Internet Governance Lab at American University and GrubHub. Click here to...
read moreIGF 2016 Debrief
ISOC-DC hosted a Debrief of the 2016 Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which was held from December 6 - 9, 2016 in Guadalajara, Mexico. The discussion was facilitated by Carolyn Nguyen of Microsoft and David Vyorst of ISOC-DC. The discussants gave brief remarks on...
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