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The small community of Reparto La Virgen Nueva lies at kilometer 111 on the León-Chinandega highway in Nicaragua. Its inhabitants, mostly agricultural and domestic workers, face limited mobile Internet access,…

In 2003, Joseph Bishi founded a cyber café in Murambinda, a rural area of Zimbabwe with limited Internet access. Armed with dial-up technology, the café became a cornerstone for digital…

The Internet Society community works tirelessly to defend the Internet locally, regionally, and globally. Here’s a brief snapshot of what’s been happening over the last month around the world. Chapter…

We’ve had a real run of exclusives and insights for you on our premium Rainmakers platform since we launched in March. Sometimes you see a story that seems to have…

Coventry Building Society has formally completed the acquisition of The Co-operative Bank. The top-ten UK lender will now have assets of around £89bn and around four and a half million…

On 14 May 2020, the Global Encryption Coalition (GEC) launched to promote and defend the use of strong encryption around the world. Over the last five years, Internet Society chapters…

A Spark in Childhood Cat Easdon fell in love with computers as a child. She was captivated by how they worked, tinkering with both software and hardware until she confronted…

Governments around the world are demanding backdoors into encrypted data. Earlier this year, the UK government’s backdoor requirement led Apple to withdraw its encrypted backup services from the country. In France,…

The Internet has been around for 50+ years and has become ingrained in many people’s daily lives. Trust in the Internet is crucial for it to provide opportunities and services,…

In 2023, some 15,000 financial frauds took place every day in Mexico, with nearly 15% of the population getting scammed. As the Internet continues to become a more prominent part of our…