Andrew Sullivan – Internet Society https://www.internetsociety.org We are a global charitable organization empowering people to keep the Internet a force for good: open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy. Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:08:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.internetsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-ISOC-Symbol-Ground-navy-690px-1-32x32.jpg Andrew Sullivan – Internet Society https://www.internetsociety.org 32 32 What Governments Can Learn from Canada when Regulating Online Harms https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2024/03/what-governments-can-learn-from-canada-when-regulating-online-harms/ Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:08:25 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=208513 The Canadian Parliament building at the top of a forested hill.

Canada's Online Harms Act should be an example of how to protect the fundamentals of the Internet while improving online safety.

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]]> Misguided Policies the World over Are Slowly Killing the Open Internet https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2023/03/misguided-policies-the-world-over-are-slowly-killing-the-open-internet/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 16:10:23 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=187227 Picture of three men next to a blue metal container.

We must defend the Internet whenever there are threats, whether they come from a country, a corporation, or a misguided policy.

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]]> Our Internet, Our Future: Our Plan to Protect the Internet for Today and Tomorrow https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/12/our-internet-our-future-our-plan-to-protect-the-internet-for-today-and-tomorrow/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=181869 illustration of a shield icon

Our Action Plan 2023 outlines how we will address challenges, so that the Internet can be a resource for everyone, forever.

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]]> Why the World Must Resist Calls to Undermine the Internet https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/03/why-the-world-must-resist-calls-to-undermine-the-internet/ Wed, 02 Mar 2022 15:44:11 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=165315 light switch off sign

We must resist calls to cut off the Internet. It remains our best hope to communicate among all the people of the world.

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]]> Introducing the 2021 Action Plan: Our Commitment to the Internet https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2020/12/introducing-the-2021-action-plan-our-commitment-to-the-internet/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:58:52 +0000 http://www.internetsociety.org/?p=127694

About a year ago we launched our 2020 Action Plan with great anticipation. We had a nice neat list of the most urgent Internet issues to tackle, and we would work as a whole community, coming together as people from all over to press for our vision: The Internet is for Everyone. Then 2020 came […]

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]]> Our Work to Make the Internet for Everyone Marches On https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2020/05/our-work-to-make-the-internet-for-everyone-marches-on/ Fri, 01 May 2020 21:25:57 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=113858 PIR and ISOC logos

Over the past several months the Internet Society has been working on a transaction to sell Public Interest Registry (PIR), operator of .ORG and other top-level domains, to Ethos Capital. Under PIR’s registry agreements, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) had to consent to this indirect change of control. ICANN has now […]

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]]> Unfortunate Natural Experiment Shows the Internet Works https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2020/04/unfortunate-natural-experiment-shows-the-internet-works/ Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:52:01 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=112746 A woman holding a notebook and looking at the laptop

For many weeks now, as the pandemic caused by the coronavirus has spread around the world, people have been isolating themselves to reduce the spread of infection. Businesses and schools have closed, and whole cities have been ordered to stay indoors. People’s livelihoods have disappeared, and of course, far too many people have been critically […]

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]]> The Internet Society & Public Interest Registry: A New Era of Opportunity https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2019/11/the-internet-society-and-public-interest-registry-a-new-era-of-opportunity/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:01:36 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=107408 Today marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the .ORG Community.  Earlier today, the Internet Society and Public Interest Registry (PIR) announced that they have reached an agreement with Ethos Capital, an investment firm that helps transform and grow companies in today’s rapidly evolving digital economy, under which Ethos Capital will acquire PIR […]

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]]> Looking the GIFCT in the Mouth https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2019/10/looking-the-gifct-in-the-mouth/ Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:58:08 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=106074

The recent meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) was notable because of the attention it paid to the climate of the planet Earth. A different set of meetings around the UNGA was about another climate: the one of fear, anger, and violence swirling about the Internet. It was only last March that a […]

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]]> Examiner le GIFCT à la loupe https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2019/10/examiner-le-gifct-a-la-loupe/ Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:58:08 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2019/10/examiner-le-gifct-a-la-loupe/ The post Examiner le GIFCT à la loupe appeared first on Internet Society.

]]> Remembering Tarek Kamel https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2019/10/remembering-tarek-kamel/ Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:54:33 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=106050 We learned the sad news today that Tarek Kamel, one of the global Internet community’s best-known figures, has passed away. An accomplished engineer and statesman, Tarek was highly respected and beloved by all who knew and worked with him. He was a firm believer in our mission and we have benefited greatly from his support […]

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]]> Announcing Joseph Hall as SVP for a Strong Internet https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2019/09/announcing-joseph-hall-as-svp-for-a-strong-internet/ Thu, 12 Sep 2019 13:45:15 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=104929 Joe Hall

I’m excited to announce that Joseph Lorenzo Hall will join us as our Senior Vice President for a Strong Internet. He will start in October and be based in our Reston, VA, office. Many of you may know Joe from his work at the Center for Democracy and Technology, where he has been Chief Technologist for about six years. He has a unique ability to […]

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]]> Announcing an Executive Director for the Internet Society Foundation https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2019/07/announcing-an-executive-director-for-the-internet-society-foundation/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 13:03:14 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=102573 Photo of Sarah Armstrong

Last year we established the Internet Society Foundation, with a plan to make clearer the Internet Society’s grant-making activities, and distinguish them from Internet Society programmes. We announced that we would develop the Foundation over the course of the following year. Since then, we have introduced the Internet Society Foundation’s new website and opened up […]

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]]> Another Step Closer to Our Mission https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/12/another-step-closer-to-our-mission/ Mon, 31 Dec 2018 00:15:19 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=93208

The Internet now reaches more than half the world. A recent estimate indicates that nearly 4 billion people – more than half the world’s population – now use the Internet. More people are now online than existed in the world the year I was born. Everyone, it seems, values the Internet. We all still know […]

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]]> We Won’t Save the Internet by Breaking It https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/11/we-wont-save-the-internet-by-breaking-it/ Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:30:13 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=90997

On the anniversary of the armistice ending the First World War, more than 40 countries stood together for security online by signing the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace. The call, which sets out a list of challenges the world needs to tackle, seems to be promising on paper. From hacking to harming […]

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]]> It Is a Challenging Time for the Internet: We Must Not Let It Be Undermined https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/08/it-is-a-challenging-time-for-the-internet-we-must-not-let-it-be-undermined/ Wed, 29 Aug 2018 12:00:21 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=85578 Andrew Sullivan

On 1 September I start work as CEO of the Internet Society. I have a lot to do to live up to the example set by Kathy Brown with all that she achieved during her leadership. It is a great honour, and I appreciate the trust the Board of Trustees has placed in me. I […]

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