In Montevideo, Uruguay this week, the Directors of all the major  Internet organizations – ICANN, the Internet Engineering Task Force, the Internet Architecture Board, the World Wide Web Consortium, the Internet Society, all five of the regional Internet address registries – turned their back on the US government. With striking unanimity, the organizations that actually develop and Read more…

With respect to the Montevideo meeting this year and the press release that was issued afterwards — these meetings have taken place regularly for the past three years (usually twice a year, several days). They were mainly to build relations/common cause across the I* organizations on key issues. We work to understand our respective positions Read more…

Sporočilo za javnost Spremenjeni Zakon o elektronskih komunikacijah (Uradni list št. 109/2012; v nadaljevanju ZEKom-1), ki je začel veljati v začetku leta 2013, je prinesel nova pravila glede uporabe piškotkov in podobnih tehnologij za shranjevanje informacij ali dostop do informacij, shranjenih na računalniku ali mobilni napravi uporabnika. Nova zakonodaja uporabe piškotkov ne prepoveduje, pač pa Read more…

On 18 October, Go6 Institute, ARNES, and LTFE are hosting the 7th Slovenian IPv6 Summit, the main Slovenian and regional event intended to provide updates on the progress, achievements and best practices in the transition to IPv6, and the adoption of the protocol in business environments and organisations. Attendees are invited to attend both the Slovenian IPv6 Summit on Thursday and Read more…

In reaction to ‘contribution 109′ from the ETNO (the former state telco’s in Europe), chapters of the Internet Society have reacted with the statement below (and as PDF): Mr Luigi Gambardella ETNO Avenue Louise 54 1050 Brussels, Belgium cc: European Commission, Current Presidency of the CEPT and the EP (PPE, S&D, ALDE, Verts, GUE/NGL, ECR, EFD) Subject: CWG-WCIT12 Read more…

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The Internet Society is pleased to invite applications for the 2012 Internet Society Ambassadors to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). As part of the Internet Society’s Next Generation Leaders (NGL) programme, the Ambassadorships to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) are available to Internet Society members between the ages of 20 and 40. The Internet Governance Read more…

IPv6 Deployment and IPv6 World Day Internet Society Press Release Internet Society, Number Resource Organization, and Regional Internet Registries Reinforce Importance of IPv6 Deployment for the Future of the Internet 6 June 2012 – Thousands of companies and millions of websites around the world are permanently deploying the next generation Internet Protocol, IPv6, ensuring the Read more…

Meeting at the Crossroads: Imagining the Future Internet Learn More! => http://www.internetsociety.org/events/inet-conferences/global-inet-2012 April 22-24, 2012 Centre International de Conférences Genève Geneva, Switzerland Join the Internet Society in Geneva, 22-24 April 2012, as we celebrate our first 20 years and work to shape policies to protect, preserve and expand access to the Internet for the next Read more…