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Internet Shutdowns

Learn more about Internet shutdown events occurring around the world and find out more about the economic and human impact of these actions.

Enabling Technologies

Learn more about adoption rates for some of the key technologies that are essential for the continued growth and evolution of the global Internet.

In the News

Battle lines drawn for regulating Internet Exchange Points in India28 November 2024
Between a rock and a hard place — Internet shutdowns in Africa26 November 2024
People in Pakistan could lose VPN access in a week23 November 2024
Fragile lifelines: The rising threats and resilience of submarine cable networks21 November 2024
Fixing BGP’s Security Vulnerabilities Is Essential to Restoring Trust21 November 2024

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December 10, 2024

Who Hosts the Government? Exploring the Infrastructure of Digital Public Services

Rashna Kumar

Guest Author | Northwestern University

Categories: Concentration, Resilience

Study shows that 62% of government URLs worldwide are hosted by third-party providers.

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December 5, 2024

Developing a Holistic approach to measuring Internet Outages

Mike Vandersanden

Guest Author | Hasselt University and Pulse Research Fellow

Categories: Shutdown

A Pulse Research Fellow has developed a new Internet shutdown tracking system that retrieves open-source, API data from several sources to provide higher resolution of Internet traffic measurements, including during anomalies.

December 4, 2024

Enhancing Internet Resilience with Spatial Analysis

Taveesh Sharma

Guest Author | University of Chicago

Categories: Resilience

New study shows how spatial analysis can turn scattered crowdsourced Internet performance data into a cohesive regional map.