More than sixty organizations agree that the "Indian government must withdraw the Telecommunications Bill, 2023". Passed in 48 hours with most of the opposition suspended or boycotting proceedings: https://t.co/OreZtJO987
Community networks are powerful ways for communities needing connectivity to gain access through basic and affordable wireless equipment.
@adrianwan shares how they're bridging the #digitaldivide in Southeast Asia 🌏⬇️
https://t.co/C0FEq0wMAX
🌦️Checking the weather is an act that many of us do daily without much thought, but for the community of Ulukhaktok, this simple search wasn't so simple until Internet access was expanded last year. (1/3)
https://t.co/icJkKZ1OWh
High-Mountainous village of Kirchin (Naryn, Kyrgyzstan) is finally connected to high-speed Internet with the support of @ISOC_Foundation and @InternetSociety Kyrgyz Chapter. Now children can access online education and adults can engage in e-commerce
https://t.co/JgC7iUkjXn
The Internet transformed from a concept in a textbook into a resource that enables education, healthcare, and jobs in remote Nepal—in just 2 years.
Read the story of bringing the Internet to the top of the world🏔️: https://t.co/9nYDLS6pIk
It’s Wednesday and that means we’re 💡demystifying fragmentation💡! Last week, we explained how fragmentation can look like an application ban. This week, let’s look at national gateways. (🧵1/5)
What does Internet Fragmentation look like?
A thousand small cuts, or a couple of large ones - end result is the same: we will undermine what is perhaps humankind's greatest invention.
https://t.co/Oiknc1l6ay
#netgov#KeepItOn
We work to help communities all over the world bridge the digital divide. 25 women in Mali recently completed our training on designing & deploying computer networks. They’ll take these skills into their work & communities.
Take the same course online: https://t.co/KttPCDoLEM
#Day2
07.06.2023
#Round Table #Discussion. #Internet Access as a Key to #Community Empowerment
Community #network leads presenting their approaches in empowering rural areas communities for using the Internet in meaningful way.
The event will run on June 6 to 7, with a visit to the local community network planned. Check out the agenda here and do register to join us remotely: https://t.co/fRkmN2xNjD
Thrilled to be in Yerevan, Armenia🇦🇲 this week with a small team for one of the @internetsociety's key events this year: Connecting the Unconnected - Europe & Beyond.
https://t.co/fRkmN2xNjD
In partnership with @UnionOperatorAM & @Hti_Armenia, we organise the event to bring together policymakers, businesses, community network champs to find creative ways to connect the 2.7 billion people yet unconnected to the Internet.
We are hiring!! We are looking for someone who knows well the Internet industry and how to engage, mobilize, and provide value to the @Internetsociety's organizational membership. If interested, please see the post here: https://t.co/3DsuJJxW7A.
The Indigenous Connectivity Summit kicks-off this Monday in #Anchorage, Alaska!
Not going in person? Join #ICS2023 via the #livestream.
Bookmark it now ▶️ https://t.co/iO1MlzRYSW
The 2022 Impact Report is here! We worked with our community to:
🔌 Connect underserved populations
🪴 Grow reliable, affordable access
🙋🏽♀️ Counter actions that threaten the Internet
Because we believe in an #InternetForEveryone. Read the full report👇
https://t.co/6zIwzXWS3l
What do China, Russia, Cambodia, Ireland, Belgium, Canada, the U.S., and countless other countries have in common?
They have made—or are currently proposing—policies that disconnect their people from the global, open Internet. #fragmentation
https://t.co/teKnfxkrR0
The European Commission is considering new rules for how networks connect to each other that – no hyperbole – will make things slower for consumers and are actually dangerous for the Internet. https://t.co/pfo7pJ4UCu