The Internet Society has announced that it is inviting applications for its latest Internet Society Fellowships to the IETF.  The Fellowship programme allows engineers from emerging and developing economies to attend an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting. As you know, the IETF is the Internet’s premier standards-making body, responsible for the development of protocols Read more…

For the Internet Governance Leaders of Tomorrow: Learning in a Multi Stakeholder Environment Meissen / Germany, 22-28 July 2012 Do you want to understand the multilayer, multi player mechanisms of Internet Governance? Do you want to know what the political, economic, social and legal implications of Internet Governance are? Do you want to learn what Read more…

The 44th ICANN meeting in Prague, Czech Republic is to be held 24-29 June 2012. Application Round for this fellowship opened on January 7 and closes on Feb 20, three days from now. The following are important dates for those interested in ICANN fellowships for the 45th and 46th meeting: The 45th ICANN meeting in Read more…

As part of our 20th anniversary activities, the Internet Society is establishing an Internet Hall of Fame to honor and recognize the leaders and innovators who have made groundbreaking contributions to Internet history. We are now seeking applications for qualified nominees, and we hope to attract a broad array of nominations that span geographic regions Read more…

Google and facebook were warned yesterday that their websites can be “blocked” like in China if they fail to devise a mechanism to check and remove objectionable material from their web pages. As a further development, the Government of India granted sanction to prosecute 19 other social networking websites, apart from Facebook and Google. The Read more…