Sebastián Schonfeld – 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. Wed, 24 Jan 2024 16:30:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://www.internetsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-ISOC-Symbol-Ground-navy-690px-1-32x32.jpg Sebastián Schonfeld – Internet Society https://www.internetsociety.org 32 32 Do We All Experience the Same Internet? https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2023/12/do-we-all-experience-the-same-internet/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 16:00:30 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=206223 Group of women browsing the Internet on a computer

If any two people across the world from each other access the Internet at the same time, will they experience the same thing? To answer this question, some people may point out that people in China experience something much different than the rest of the world because of content filtering and the Great Firewall. Others […]

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]]> Could Tuvalu Sink Twice? https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2023/09/could-tuvalu-sink-twice/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:22:54 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=198899 Silhouettes of people standing in front of the Ocean in Tuvalu at sunset.

Tuvalu is sinking. It’s slowly but steadily being swallowed by the Pacific Ocean and will most likely be uninhabitable by 2100. Although there is a campaign to save Tuvalu from disappearing under the ocean water and to preserve its cultural legacy in the digital world, the fate of this small island nation is raising an […]

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]]> Encryption Keeps Kids Safe Online https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2023/05/encryption-keeps-kids-safe-online/ Wed, 03 May 2023 23:43:29 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=190659 a young girl using laptop with headphones

Policymakers are proposing laws that will weaken encryption.
The EARN IT Act, STOP CSAM Act, and many other proposed bills are threatening encryption in the name of keeping kids safe, but by weakening encryption, they’re doing the opposite.

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]]> Exploring Digital Sovereignty https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/08/exploring-digital-sovereignty/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:14:35 +0000 https://www.internetsociety.org/?p=176284 a 1939 globe showing Europe

The Internet is a force. An intangible force of good, made from tangible parts and plays a bigger and bigger role in our everyday life. It’s comprised of millions of individual networks that allow us to connect and communicate with each other. Its open and global infrastructure is designed to work seamlessly across borders. This […]

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