The Internet stands at a crossroads. Built from the bottom up, powered by the people, it has become a powerful economic engine and a positive social force. But its success has generated a worrying backlash. Around the world, repressive regimes are putting in place or proposing measures that restrict free expression and affect fundamental rights. Read more…

These are subjectively highlighted excerpts from the well researched Vanity Fair May 2012 article “In the Battles of SOPA and PIPA, who should Control the Internet” By Michael Joseph Gross, reposted here with a comment, some pictures and a mischievous cartoon. This year, in the month of December, Diplomats from 193 countries will converge at the Read more…

Join Vint Cerf, Leonard Kleinrock, Mitchell Baker, Lynn St. Amour and other key panelists at Global INET 2012! Meet hundreds of policy makers, technologists, government representatives and business executives to discuss the positive impacts of the Internet, past, present and future.Take this opportunity to: Work together on critical topics that will shape the future of Read more…

The application cycle will be open until 30 March 2012 (midnight, Pacific time).   Decisions will be announced in mid-June. To learn more about the programme please visit our website at: http://www.internetsociety.org/communitygrants http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/mission/strategic-objectives Before starting your application, we recommend that you read the ZoomGrants applicant tutorial: https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=df7c7kff_13g6fdz7gc HOW TO APPLY http://www.internetsociety.org/communitygrants/apply-now-community-grant

NEWS:  Internet freedom and innovation are at risk of being stifled by a new United Nations treaty that aims to bring in more regulation, Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt has warned. In a question-and-answer session at Mobile World Congress 2012 on Tuesday, Schmidt said handing over control of things such as naming and DNS to the Read more…