Internet Fragmentation

Do We All Experience the Same Internet?
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Strengthening the Internet 19 December 2023

Do We All Experience the Same Internet?

If any two people across the world from each other access the Internet at the same time, will they...

Network Usage Fees: The European Commission Plays Politics with the Global Internet
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Strengthening the Internet 19 October 2023

Network Usage Fees: The European Commission Plays Politics with the Global Internet

The European Commission is playing politics with the global Internet. It’s time it clearly rejected the idea of “network...

Could Tuvalu Sink Twice?
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Strengthening the Internet 15 September 2023

Could Tuvalu Sink Twice?

Tuvalu is sinking. It’s slowly but steadily being swallowed by the Pacific Ocean and will most likely be uninhabitable...

Specific App and Service Bans are Fragmenting the Internet
Strengthening the Internet 13 July 2023

Specific App and Service Bans are Fragmenting the Internet

Increasing government actions to block or ban specific web services or applications are fragmenting the Internet.

Internet Fragmentation: An Explainer
Strengthening the Internet 5 July 2023

Internet Fragmentation: An Explainer

Internet fragmentation affects all of us. Learn how policies and proposals around the world put the open Internet at...

Internet Society’s Submission to the European Commission’s Exploratory Consultation on “The future of the electronic communications sector and its infrastructure”
Strengthening the Internet 12 May 2023

Internet Society’s Submission to the European Commission’s Exploratory Consultation on “The future of the electronic communications sector and its infrastructure”

We provided feedback in response to the European Commission’s exploratory consultation on the “The future of the electronic communications...

Canadian Internet Governance Forum 2023
Online Wednesday 29 March 2023 – Wednesday 29 March 2023

Canadian Internet Governance Forum 2023

Join us at the Canadian Internet Governance Forum 2023 in discussions about Internet fragmentation.

Misguided Policies the World over Are Slowly Killing the Open Internet
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Shaping Future of the Internet 1 March 2023

Misguided Policies the World over Are Slowly Killing the Open Internet

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

In One Corner, Large Telecom Operators. In the Other, Everybody Else.
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Strengthening the Internet 23 February 2023

In One Corner, Large Telecom Operators. In the Other, Everybody Else.

We encourage everyone interested in defending an open Internet to contribute to the European Commission's public consultation on the...

Internet Impact Brief: How Canada’s Online News Act Will Harm the Internet, Restricting Innovation, Security, and Growth of the Digital Economy
Internet Way of Networking 14 February 2023

Internet Impact Brief: How Canada’s Online News Act Will Harm the Internet, Restricting Innovation, Security, and Growth of the Digital Economy

Read how Canada’s Online News Act contributes to fragmentation by undermining encryption and splintering the relationship and experiences of...

Internet Fragmentation, Reconsidered
Online Monday 06 February 2023 – Monday 06 February 2023

Internet Fragmentation, Reconsidered

What does that mean? Should we be worried? Supportive? Dismayed? What happens to us if the Internet fragments into...

Local Rules for a Global Network—The Splinternet’s Insidious Alternative 
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About Internet Society 7 December 2022

Local Rules for a Global Network—The Splinternet’s Insidious Alternative 

Should an international body regulate the Internet? And what happens when domestic rules apply outside a country's borders and...