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Love this! Very cool to see how many ways there are to finance sustainable community networks. This is a great read
🔥 Hot of the press 🔥
There's a growing movement of community connectivity providers expanding internet access to underserved communities.
This report shows how they can be financed sustainably: bit.ly/report-financing-ccps
Published w/@ConnectivityCap, @internetsociety, @APC_News
ALT Text: "Report: Financing mechanisms for locally-owned internet infrastructure"
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If you live in the Philly area, today's the day to get your vaccine!
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Looking forward to this conversation!
Friday (4/30/21) at 1:00 PM EST from @internetsociety:
Comparative Intermediary Liability in the U.S., E.U., and Brazil - Part II
Featuring @KE_Watson, @EmmaLBriant, @kristianstout
internetsociety.org/events/s…
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At last year's Indigenous Connectivity Summit participants asked @ISOC_NA to create a "centralized database that captures funding opportunities, eligibility, and information on how to apply." I'm so excited to announce that now it's here! Check it out: internetsociety.org/resource…
I hate this so much. Have we learned nothing from Black Mirror??
Microsoft has filed a patent that would allow the company to digitally revive deceased loved ones as chatbots, using the individual's "images, voice data, social media posts, electronic messages" and more. 💀 bit.ly/2M7fCU9
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📣 Announcing a new grant program to support broadband initiatives in the southeast United States. Applications open January 25th. #TruistCares💜 #CommunityNets #broadband
Learn more here 👉
internetsociety.org/grants/e…
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BREAKING: Mitch McConnell has filed legislation that attempts to tie $2,000 stimulus checks to a FULL REPEAL of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
If this passes it would destroy the Internet as we know it, opening the floodgates for widespread censorship and abuse.
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The Internet Society's new global survey conducted by @YouGov reveals that over two-thirds of people (67%) are not confident that politicians have a good enough understanding of how the Internet works to regulate it.
Find out more: internetsociety.org/news/pre….
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repealing Section 230 outright would be disastrous; while it may be out of the NDAA, but we must be vigilant! Our statement: "Internet Society Warns against Any Potential Repeal of U.S. Intermediary Liability Protections" @internetsociety internetsociety.org/news/sta…
There's still time to register for the @CanadianIGF today! The event starts at 1pm ET and you can tune in at 220pm ET to hear from @hoseinbadran and myself about the #InternetWayofNetworking
RSVP to attend below #CIGF2020 eventbrite.ca/e/canadian-int…
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BREAKING: JOE BIDEN WINS
Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States, CNN projects, after a victory in Pennsylvania puts the Scranton-born Democrat over 270 cnn.it/2Ij8kuo #CNNElection
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PA voters who are in quarantine due to COVID-19 can contact their County Elections Office for an emergency absentee ballot if they were planning to vote in person but now cannot. They may also assign a designee to deliver balloting materials. Read more: votespa.com/Voting-in-PA/Pag…
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Who should regulate the #Internet? @KE_Watson explains the choices we face. Listen now on @BBCTechTent : starts at 6m20s bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cszh… #Section230 #IWN #InternetForEveryone
Listen hear to find out the results of a new @internetsociety and @YouGov poll that asked whether Americans believe politicians have the knowledge and expertise necessary to regulate tech: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cszh…
On Tech Tent at 0900 - Senators grill Zuckerberg, Dorsey and Pichai - but will they reform Section 230? The Internet Society's @KE_Watson warns politicians they could damage the net. Plus tech and the virus - how inkjet printing tech + solar power could boost testing & oxygen
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Looking forward to this week’s US Senate hearing where CEOs will talk about #Section230. Ahead of the hearing, we surveyed thousands of people for their thoughts on the state of the Internet. Learn more here: ow.ly/lRow50C4lo1
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.@QasimRashid is right. Broadband access is essential, and we have to close the digital divide that exists in far too many rural communities across the country. nitter.gq/QasimRashid/status/131…