Collaborative Initiative to Determine & Encourage Ethical Conduct in the Collection & Analysis of Publicly Available Data in the Interest of Business Innovation, Consumer Awareness & Safety WASHINGTON D.C., SEPTEMBER 7, 2022 – Public Data Aggregators gather publicly available data from around the internet, enabling consumer confidence, commercial innovation, and community safety. To drive further […]
Your brief update on important Internet policy issues. OUTLOOK The House and Senate are out of session until after the September 5 Labor Day holiday. Before leaving for the August recess, Senate Democrats utilized budget reconciliation procedures and achieved a key goal of the Biden Administration by passing on August 7 the Inflation Reduction Act. […]
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Your update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK The House and Senate are out of session until after the September 5 Labor Day holiday. Before leaving for the August recess, Senate Democrats utilized budget reconciliation procedures and achieved a key goal of the Biden Administration by passing on August 7 the Inflation Reduction Act. This […]
The Hill “Before Russia began its brutal assault on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin controlled citizens’ access to information by flooding the airwaves and internet with propaganda. This year, with aggression toward Ukraine building, the Kremlin stepped up those efforts by shutting down independent Russian news organizations and restricting Russians’ access to Western websites that countered Russian […]
Surfshark is a prime example of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) provider that puts user security and privacy at the core of its business. It has more than 3,200 servers worldwide and the backing of parent company Nord Security, one of the biggest innovators in the industry. While it might currently be best known for […]
Daily Host News “[T]he Internet Infrastructure Coalition’s (i2Coalition) VPN Trust Initiative… is especially critical given the need for secure communications during times of local and global crises, such as we’re experiencing today in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.” Read full article…
Press Releases, Privacy, VPN Trust Initiative
Christian Dawson, the Executive Director of The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (“i2Coalition”) wrote the following letter to policymakers on the subject of Virtual Private Network (VPN) security technologies. Click here for the PDF version. An Open Letter to United States Policymakers Re: i2Coalition Expands VPN Trust Initiative – Announces Principles to Evaluate VPN Security Technologies On […]
Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK With U.S. midterm elections only a few months away, Congress accelerated legislative activity on multiple fronts just prior to the August recess. On July 27, Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) made a surprise announcement that they had revived core pieces of […]
The i2Coalition ensures that those who build the infrastructure of the Internet have a voice in public policy By Christian Dawson The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (“The i2Coalition”) celebrated its 10-year anniversary in style with a wide variety of activities, including a Fly-In that focused on industry members meeting with Congressional and Biden Administration stakeholders, the […]
Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK In late June, in response to numerous mass shooting tragedies in the U.S., Congress passed and President Biden signed into law a bipartisan gun violence prevention bill. The law provides for additional scrutiny of gun purchasers under the age of 21, incentivizes states to adopt red-flag […]
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