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Geopolitical, historical, and linguistic factors shape which companies and countries are relied upon for web infrastructure.

National-scale censors have been observed engaging in traffic filtering targeted at new and secure transport protocols such as QUIC.

Internet fragmentation has been conceived of too narrowly–as have the tools that might combat it.

International sanctions targeting Iran's technological sector restrict Iran's participation in the global economy, hinder innovation, and obstruct its technological infrastructure.

In Iran, Internet-based sanctions are blocking access to critical cloud services and Internet technologies that significantly improve speed, security, and performance.

Internet trust relationships follow the same pattern as traditional trade and trust and are subject to explicit or implicit risk evaluation.

According to a new report, Iran's restrictive Internet policies and regulatory framework, coupled with international sanctions imposed on Iranian web services, negatively affect Internet quality, cost, and reliability, compromising Iran's digital economy.

Nearly all of Iran's IPv6 address space vanished from the global routing table, dropping the country's IPv6 adoption rate from 15—20% to 2%.

Last Sunday marked the 600th day of ongoing mobile Internet outages and service-blocking events, resulting in more than USD $720 million in Gross Domestic Product losses and 10,000 jobs.

Pulse has recorded 22 intentional Internet shutdown events so far in 2024 that have affected Internet users across 12 countries.

Anguilla, Ecuador, Eritrea, Iran, and the Philippines have joined 153 other countries to have DNSSEC-enabled ccTLDs.

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.