If any of you are active on TikTok, a few of us at the @internetsociety had a little bit of fun recording a video: https://www.tiktok.com/@internet_society/video/7330717975244229894
You can tell from the clothing who was in the southern hemisphere versus the northern! 🤣
(Credit due to a colleague in our communications team who asked a bunch of us to record short videos and then put it all together.)
🌦️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.
More reliable and affordable Internet has positively impacted the community.
Learn how we, with the generous support of Baicells and FlyAirNorth, worked with the people of Ulukhaktok to build a #CommunityNetwork :
The Internet isn't just for:
🚫 the wealthy
🚫 governments
🚫 large corporations
🚫 city dwellers
It is for all of us. No matter where we live, what we make, and what we do for a living—the Internet is a peoples' resource. 🫶
Any Internet Society member can join the Accessibility Standing Group. Join today to help us truly achieve an Internet for everyone. - https://www.internetsociety.org/sigs/
Our 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👇
6️⃣ Supporting capacity building, feasibility studies, quality assurance, technical and management expertise, governance models, and open-source tools to all stakeholders contributing to bridge the digital divide.
Let’s get past that tipping point together. Learn more: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/10/a-push-towards-universal-connectivity/
#InternetAccess #Internet #InternetForEveryone #DigitalDivide #Connectivity
4️⃣ Incentivize innovative fiscal solutions such as fee exemptions (customs waivers on import duties for open-source hardware and software) and tax breaks for investors.
5️⃣ Contributing funds, such as universal service and access funds (USAF), voucher programs, grants, low-interest loans, and loan guarantees for complementary connectivity and access solutions.
#InternetAccess #Internet #InternetForEveryone #DigitalDivide #Connectivity
3️⃣ Create options for complementary connectivity and access solutions to:
📶 Access affordable spectrum usage and infrastructure
🤝 Promote infrastructure sharing policies, wholesale open access to backhaul through open data platforms, or investments in physical infrastructure
#InternetAccess #Internet #InternetForEveryone #DigitalDivide #Connectivity
1️⃣ Integrate all types of complementary connectivity and access solutions into national broadband plans, connectivity and telecommunications strategies, and digitization policies.
2️⃣ Streamline licensing regulations and procedures that provide legal status to all types of complementary connectivity and access solutions.
#InternetAccess #Internet #InternetForEveryone #DigitalDivide #Connectivity
We’re at a tipping point. Universal connectivity is achievable if we all push.
Governments and policymakers are especially critical to unlocking financing mechanisms that can get us to connect the hardest-to-reach places.
How? A thread...🧵
#InternetAccess #Internet #InternetForEveryone #DigitalDivide #Connectivity
Authorities in 35 countries implemented #Internet #shutdowns more than 187 times in 2022 says Access Now. It's certainly not #InternetForEveryone in those countries:
Techmeme on Twitter: "Access Now: in 2022, 35 countries instituted internet shutdowns at least 187 times, led by India with 84 disruptions, Russia causing 22 in Ukraine, and more (@nihamasih / Washington Post) https://t.co/Xyyh0s8OFA https://t.co/l7lxBgsUdJ" / Twitter https://twitter.com/Techmeme/status/1630519768217452544
On the Q4 2022 @internetsociety Africa Community Call, Ousmane SIDIBE describes ISOC Mali's outstanding activity record during the year. #WeAreTheInternetSociety #InternetForEveryone
Wishes for 2023? Couldn't say it better than @DanBlack_EY@twitter.com on
#remotedaily
"Peace and Connectivity....
across the spectrum."
TWITTER CHAT DEC 9: Internet Society Action Plan 2023: How We’ll protect the Internet Next year and Beyond @SullivanISOC @SAWentworth @InternetSociety @ISOC_Community #InternetforEveryone
On Friday December 9 2022 at 2pm EST (19:00 UTC) The Internet Society hosts a Twitter Chat 'How We'll protect the Internet Next year and Beyond'. Andrew Sullivan (CEO/President) and Sally Wentworth (SVP, Project Staff) will talk a
We all have a stake in the Internet’s survival, and it needs our help. The Internet needs us to act now to protect its future. Read our 2023 Action Plan to learn what we’re planning to help defend it next year: https://www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/2023/
At the Internet Society, we’re working every day to protect the Internet’s open architecture. This means identifying and mitigating threats to ensure a secure and trustworthy Internet. Learn how we plan to do this in our 2023 Action Plan: http://isoc.pub/ap2023
#12Streams 2021 7 – Internet Society Action Plan 2022 – Andrew Sullivan – A Healthy Internet for Future Generations @SullivanISOC @InternetSociety #InternetforEveryone #captioned
On Saturday January 1 2022, in the seventh installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams‘ annual highlights, Internet Society President & CEO Andrew Sullivan, gives a quick overview of ISOC's Action Plan 2
WEBCAST THU: Internet Society Zambia Chapter Launch Event @isoczm @isoc_africa @ISOC_Community #InternetForEveryone
On Thursday 7 october 2021 at 09:00 CAT (07:00 UTC) the Internet Society Zambia Chapter will hold its formal Launch Event. This is an hybrid event marking of the official kick-off of the Internet Society Zambia Chapter.
LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoczm1
PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.
RECAP: Tribal Wireless Bootcamp Summer 2021 @ILSR @ISOC_NA @mrrdesign @AltheaNetwork @State_Scoop @AIPInstitute #TribalWireless #internetforeveryone #GrowInternet #SwitchItOn
Organized by ILSR, and supported by the Internet Society and others, the first Tribal Wireless Bootcamp ran over the July 4th 2021 weekend in Temecula, CA. Representatives from a handful of Tribes joined to learn and forge relationships to support local broadband effo
