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Press Releases and Statements
Media Coverage
Why Indigenous Tribes Struggle to Get Fast Internet, and How It’s Improving
Lifewire
Why Embedding Content Matters
Techdirt
Indigenous Connectivity Summit Provides Solutions To Bridge Indigenous Connectivity Gap
Indian Gaming
Native Americans Long ‘Left Out’ From Broadband Push For Equity
Bloomberg Government
Divided Internet could lead to fewer economic opportunities and more security threats, say panellists
THE STRAITS TIMES
Indigenous Connectivity Summit 2022 Begins
Community Networks
Tech players, civil society groups want governments to protect encryption
ITEdgeNews
WhatsApp Warns Governments Weakening Encryption Features Will Backfire on Safety Issues
TECHNOLOGY MIRROR
Stakes are momentous for the next battles for control of the global internet
.coda
Without a Data Privacy Law, India Must Consider Hazards of ‘Deanonymisation’ of Non-Personal Data
THE WIRE
ITU AND THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET
THIS DAY
Telecom Experts Tell EU Leaders Their Plan To Tax ‘Big Tech’ On Behalf of ‘Big Telecom’ Is A Dumb Idea
techdirt
Leading image: Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt interviewing Godfrey Chimbwanda (53), District Schools Inspector, in Murambinda, Zimbabwe on 24 May 2018. © Internet Society / Nyani Quarmyne / Panos Pictures