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Welcoming the 2023-25 Board
The 2022 Nominating Committee (NomCom) is pleased to announce that the membership has accepted our slate of new and returning board members for the 2023-2025 board. Congratulations to: Caitlin Doyle (she/her) Fatema Kothari (she/her) Jesus Guerrero (they/them) Joel Valencia (he/him) Tom Thorley (he/him) Thank you to everyone who voted, ran, and volunteered in this process! [...]
Time to vote! (10/22-10/29)
The 2022 Nominating Committee (NomCom) is pleased to announce the final candidate slate for the Board Candidates Elections 2023-25 Term Election: Caitlin Doyle (she/her) Fatema Kothari (she/her) Jesus Guerrero (they/them) Joel Valencia (he/him) Tom Thorley (he/him) Please submit your vote by October 29, 2022. You can find a full timeline of the election process here: [...]
Board Candidates Elections 2023-25 Term
We’re hosting our annual board elections next month and are opening the call for applications! There are up to 5 seats open, with several current board members running and room for several new faces. Applications can be submitted here by Oct 15th 2022. Call for Applications The Internet Society engages in a wide range of [...]
Prevent the Internet from Becoming the “Splinternet”
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, governments, businesses, and other organizations are increasingly considering sanctions that would irreversibly disrupt the Internet we know today. Countries are considering sanctions and other politicized actions that could inadvertently impact the Internet’s infrastructure. This could set a dangerous precedent for similar actions around the world, leading us […]
Announcing Monthly Encryption Trainings
Encryption and online privacy have been in the news this week and we want to help you help your community make sense of the options. That's why we're starting a monthly Encryption Training series for 2022, 3rd Mondays at 4-5pm PT. It is open to anyone. The agenda is below. Please register here. Our first training is this [...]
“Florida’s Attempt to Regulate Online Speech and Social Media Platforms: NetChoice, CCIA v. Moody” Tech Policy Webinar – Monday, November 1
Florida’s response to the former president getting de-platformed by Twitter and Facebook for his incitement to violence and spreading misinformation was to pass a law that would prevent social media companies from setting their own rules for speech carried on their platforms and instead require them to carry politicians’ speech. NetChoice and the Computer and […]
“The Hacking Statute Supreme Court Ruling” CFAA v Van Buren – Tech Policy Webinar – Monday, September 13
Please join the SF Bay Area Internet Society Chapter for a tech policy webinar on 13 September 2021 at 3pm (PT) for a discussion on the US Supreme Court’s recent ruling which narrowed the reach of the federal anti-computer hacking statute, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). In CFAA v Van Buren, the Supreme […]
[TECH POLICY WEBINAR] “Ask the ACLU” with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Technology and Civil Liberties Director Nicole A. Ozer – Monday, August 16th
Please join the Internet Society – San Francisco Bay Area Chapter on 16 August 2021 for a tech policy webinar with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Technology and Civil Liberties Director Nicole A. Ozer. RSVP here.
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[WEBINAR] The Role of Technical Standards in Enabling the Future – Monday, June 14
"The history of civilization from hunter-gatherer, agrarian, city states, manufacturing, information age, to the internet age may be identified by the successions of technical references/standards that are developed—symbols, measurements, plans, similarity, compatibility, and adaptability. Each new succession results in a paradigm change, enabling increased value creation: bartering, counting and measuring, building, manufacturing, networks, and openness. [...]
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[VIDEO] “Google v. Oracle: New Supreme Court Precedent on Fair Use of Software Code” Monday, June 7
Update: Video Recording The US Supreme Court set an important legal precedent regarding copyright law and computer code in it’s April 2021 landmark legal ruling (Google, LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.) when it ruled that Google’s use of Java Application Programming Interface (API) codes is lawful fair use. The decade-long litigation stems from Google’s […]