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The 10-hour Internet shutdown event in Pakistan on 8 February 2024 serves as a reminder of the critical role that the Internet plays in daily life.

There have been reports of mobile and Internet disruptions across multiple service providers.

Initiative is working to solve economic barrier of Internet access in Bangladesh via ad funded WiFi hotspots.

For three years, the government of Myanmar has blocked specific online services, resulting in a loss of almost USD $232 million in GDP.

Researchers have updated a popular application that helps Internet users, and researchers, test for instances where a network provider has differentiated traffic of a particular application.

In 2023, the rate of IPv6 deployment increased the most it has since 2018, growing from 34% to 39% globally.

How can we create a decentralized Internet, and what governance mechanisms do we need to make decentralized technology happen?

Which countries have structural unreliability built into their networking dependencies?

Knowing the diversity of routers used in the Internet helps with understanding the potential correlated failures of network hardware, the diversity of network infrastructure, and the resilience of the Internet.

A common standard for describing fiber infrastructure makes it easier for regulators and policymakers to accurately assess the true extent and resiliency of their fiber optic networks.

Chad's poor transit provider diversity and retail ISP diversity has compounded the impact of the recent Internet outage.

As of the end of 2023, governments and other actors across 18 countries intentionally disrupted Internet connectivity or blocked access to specific Internet services for their citizens.