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We curate data from trusted sources to help everyone understand the health, availability and evolution of the global Internet.

Ongoing Internet Shutdowns
Internet Shutdowns in last 12 months
Global HTTPS Adoption
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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.

Pulse Blog

Read the latest blog posts on the Pulse Blog:

August 13, 2021

10% and rising fast — Swiss domains adopt DNSSEC

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Mat Ford
Technology Insights
Categories: Technology

We noticed some exciting news via Twitter from the .ch registry SWITCH recently: For the first time, more than 10% of all .ch domain names are signed with #DNSSEC on #1August 🇨🇭🥳. The number of signed names is increasing sharply as more registrars and hosters offer enhanced security for their domain customers. pic.twitter.com/xCG8eeCpss — Michael […]

August 13, 2021

Cypriot, Libyan and Uzbek domains now support DNSSEC

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Mat Ford
Technology Insights
Categories: Technology

In the second quarter of 2021, three more countries have joined the ranks of those with DNSSEC-signed country-code Top Level Domains (ccTLD) and security keys deployed in the DNS root zone. Just about every Internet communication starts with a Domain Name System (DNS) lookup. The DNS is an essential piece of Internet infrastructure that translates […]

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July 26, 2021

MIRA Launch Webinar

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News and Events
Categories: Resilience

On 21 July, 2021, we held a webinar to launch the Measuring Internet Resilience in Africa (MIRA) project. The joint Internet Society – AFRINIC initiative seeks to determine levels of Internet resilience in African countries. The initiative has already began conducting various measurements as outlined in the MIRA project overview and MIRA measurement infrastructure has been deployed […]