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SUMMARY - Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. isoclive.substack.com/p/nyt-anthro... @nytimes.com: @colah.bsky.social sought faith leaders' views on Claude's morals and possible consciousness, then clashed with the Vatican. #AI #AIEthics

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 9h

RECAP - AI, Speech, and the First Amendment: Where Are the Constitutional Lines? isoclive.substack.com/p/netcaucus-... #FirstAmendment @meganiorio.bsky.social @epic.org @kateruane.bsky.social @cdt.org @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social @netchoice.bsky.social @viacristiano.bsky.social

Dark blue event title card with Congressional Internet Caucus Academy branding at upper left and the date September 22, 2026 at upper right. Large white text across the center reads “AI, Speech, and the First Amendment: Where Are the Constitutional Lines?” The event hashtag and social media handle appear at lower left, with ISOC.LIVE archive branding at lower right.

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Internet Society @internetsociety.org · 16h

We’re THRILLED to officially launch our Online Trust and Safety Hub! This new site brings together training, educational content, anti-scam resources, and trusted third-party materials in one place. Because everyone deserves to feel safe online. Explore the hub: onlinesafety.internetsociety.org

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 18h

SUMMARY - Royal Society – Safe, secure and robust AI for safety-critical systems isoclive.substack.com/p/rsoc-ai-sa... @royalsocietypublishing.org seminar with @tammykolda.bsky.social, Desmond Higham and @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social's Ying Xiao #AISafety

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 30/09/2026

SUMMARY - AI Agents, Misalignment and the Risk of Losing Human Control: Evidence from the OpenAI-Hugging Face Incident isoclive.substack.com/p/un-ai-agents Brief from the UN AI science panel co-chaired by @yoshuabengio.bsky.social, via @unodet.bsky.social. #AISafety

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UN Thematic Brief: AI Agents, Misalignment and the Risk of Losing Human Control: Evidence from the OpenAI-Hugging Face Incident

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 28/09/2026

WEBINAR 28 SEP 12:00 EDT / 16:00 UTC: Royal Society - Safe, secure and robust AI for safety-critical systems isoc.live/22211 @royalsocietypublishing.org seminar: Kolda, Higham and Xiao on AI deployment, security and medical bias in LLMs. #AISafety #AI #LLMs #PhilTransA

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 28/09/2026

WEBINAR 29 SEP 18:00 UTC: EURALO Round Table series: ICANN NextGen projects in the loop. Episode 1: "Internet for Everyone: The Quest for Universal Acceptance" isoc.live/22207 Expert input from Maria Kolesnikova and Maarten Botterman. #UniversalAcceptance #ICANN #NextGen

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 28/09/2026

SUMMARY - “The internet is a giant copying machine”: Interview with Vint Cerf isoclive.substack.com/p/vint-cerf-... Cerf tells @thebulletin.org AI agents need common protocols and accountable identities, and asks who pays creators when AI replaces the click. #AIagents

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 25/09/2026

WEBINAR 28 SEP 14:30 UTC: NCUC - AI and DNS Abuse: Keeping the Internet Safe and Open isoc.live/22203 With @danyork.bsky.social (@internetsociety.org), Ram Mohan (@identity.digital), @farzdusa.bsky.social, Eyitayo Iyortim (AfTLD) & Brian Cimbolic (.ORG). #DNSAbuse #AI #ICANN #OpenInternet

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 24/09/2026

WEBINAR 26 SEP 10:30 IST / 05:00 UTC: ISOC Chennai - Governing Intelligence: AI and the Future of the Internet isoc.live/22193 ISOC Chennai & KriVin Academy host Sameer Gahlot (NIXI, Diplo) on inclusive, trustworthy AI governance. #AIGovernance #InclusiveAI #FutureOfInternet #TechX

Blue-to-yellow gradient webinar title card with subtle circuit-board graphics in the background. Logos for Krivin Academy, Internet Society India Chennai Chapter, Krivin Intelligent Solutions, and Krivin Foundation appear across the top. A bordered banner identifies the ISOC Chennai TechX Webinar Series. Large centered white text announces “Governing Intelligence: AI and the Future of the Internet,” with the date 26 September 2026 centered at the bottom.

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 24/09/2026

SUMMARY - Data Centers Have a Community Engagement Problem isoclive.substack.com/p/cool-vecto... On @coolvector.bsky.social, three communications veterans say developers must listen first, be transparent and explain why a site was chosen. #DataCenters #AI

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 24/09/2026

HYBRID 24 SEP 10am EDT / 14:00 UTC: Benton Institute - A New Compact for Connectivity: Internet Infrastructure in the Public Interest isoc.live/22190 Rethinking connectivity policy 30 years after the Telecom Act. #Broadband #TelecomPolicy #UniversalService #InternetInfrastructure

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 24/09/2026

RECAP - Governing AI for Everyone: Inclusion, Trust and the Pacific Perspective isoclive.substack.com/p/isoc-chenn... Swaran Ravindra of PICISOC on inclusion, trust and who is missing from AI decisions. #AIGovernance #InclusiveAI #PacificIslands @internetsociety.org

Blue-to-yellow gradient webinar graphic with subtle circuit-board patterns. Logos for Krivin Academy, Internet Society India Chennai Chapter, Krivin Intelligent Solutions, and Krivin Foundation appear across the top. A banner reads “ISOC Chennai TechX Webinar Series,” above the large title “Governing AI for Everyone: Inclusion, Trust and the Pacific Perspective.” The date 19 September 2026 appears centered at the bottom.

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 24/09/2026

HYBRID 28 SEP 18:30 EDT / 22:30 UTC: NYPL - Who Gets to Decide How AI Enters Our Schools? With Data & Society isoc.live/22184 Panel on @natashanyt.bsky.social's new book Coding Kids, moderated by @merbroussard.bsky.social. #AIinEducation #EdTech #PublicSchools

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 23/09/2026

WEBINAR 8 OCT 15:00 EDT / 19:00 UTC: ILSR - Sustain, Empower, Evolve: Planting Local Seeds for Digital Equity isoc.live/22181 @communitynets.bsky.social + NDIA: Digital Equity Act update, Seattle tiny-home wireless case study, digital navigators. #DigitalEquity #DigitalInclusion #DIW26

Blue, orange, and white promotional graphic for a “Building for Digital Equity” Digital Inclusion Week special. National Digital Inclusion Alliance and ILSR logos appear beside a stylized cityscape with buildings, construction cranes, a house, and Wi-Fi symbols. A dark blue banner across the bottom reads “Sustain, Empower, Evolve,” with the event scheduled for October 8, 2026, 3:00–4:00 PM ET. Utopia Fiber is identified as the sponsor.

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 23/09/2026

SUMMARY - ICANN IDN Implementation and UA Adoption Report 2026 isoclive.substack.com/p/icann-idn-... 151 IDN TLDs span 23 scripts, but Universal Acceptance lags: only 20.6% of tested websites accept internationalized email. #UniversalAcceptance #IDN #EAI

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 22/09/2026

WEBINAR 21 OCT 11:00 EDT / 15:00 UTC: GEC - Global Encryption Day Summit 2026 isoc.live/22176 GPD on bans and scanning, @cdt.org on public polling, @internetsociety.org on backdoors and VPNs, @mozilla.org on post-quantum. EN/FR/ES. #GlobalEncryptionDay #Encryption #E2EE #PostQuantum

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 22/09/2026

WEBINAR 8 OCT 17:00 COT / 22:00 UTC: Andina Link - Internet Society en Latinoamérica: Proyectos e Iniciativas para una Internet más Segura, Resiliente y Colaborativa isoc.live/22168 @routingmanrs.bsky.social y capítulos de @internetsociety.org LAC. #MANRS #ISOC #MedicionesInternet #AndinaLink

Tarjeta promocional sobre fondo blanco para ANDINALINK Expo, con el logotipo “ANDINALINK Ecosistema Digital de Latam” en la parte superior y motivos geométricos de hexágonos en azul claro. En la esquina superior derecha aparece el logotipo de Internet Society para “Mediciones ISOC-LAC”. En grandes letras naranjas se lee “Internet Society en Latinoamérica: Proyectos e Iniciativas para una Internet más Segura, Resiliente y Colaborativa”. En la parte inferior, una franja azul destaca la fecha “8 Octubre 2026”.

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 22/09/2026

HYBRID 12 OCT 11:00 IST / 05:30 UTC: Digital Futures Lab - Consultation: Language, Culture and Everyday Use of AI - Perspectives from South Asia isoc.live/22165 South Asia's languages, cultures and AI guardrails. Apply by 27 Sep. #AISafety #TrustworthyAI #GlobalSouth #SouthAsia

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 22/09/2026

WEBINAR 29 SEP 11:00 EDT / 17:00 CEST / 15:00 UTC: Online Celebration of Life and Legacy for Bertrand de La Chapelle isoc.live/22171 Remarks from friends, then open floor. Hosted by @datasphere.bsky.social with Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network. #InternetGovernance #Datasphere

Black-and-white photograph of Bertrand de La Chapelle seated outdoors on the left, fading into a dark green background. Large white text on the right announces an online celebration of his life and legacy on 29 September 2026. Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network and Datasphere Initiative logos appear along the bottom.

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 22/09/2026

Good discussion of this topic at recent IGF-USA youtu.be/2Yz5YNieYa0

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IGF-USA 2026 - AI & Data Centers in the USA

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 21/09/2026

HYBRID 29-30 SEP 09:00 CEST / 07:00 UTC: ETH Zurich - AI Policy Summit 2026 isoc.live/22157 7th AI Policy Summit from @ethz.ch CLE & RegHorizon. Day 1 online: agentic AI, democratic resilience, updates from China, EU & US, Road to Geneva 2027. #AIPolicySummit #AIGovernance #AgenticAI

White AI Policy Summit 2026 event graphic with the ETH Zürich Center for Law & Economics and RegHorizon Swiss AI Leadership logos across the top. Two stylized wireframe human profiles face each other from opposite sides, one green and one blue. Large centered text reads “AI Policy Summit 2026,” with the dates 29–30 September 2026 in a dark blue banner at the bottom.

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 21/09/2026

WEBINAR 8 OCT 12:00 EDT / 16:00 UTC - LGBT Tech - 10 Consejos de ciberresiliencia para organizaciones LGBTQ+ isoc.live/22153 @lgbttech.bsky.social presenta los fundamentos de ciberseguridad y herramientas para evaluar vulnerabilidades. #Ciberseguridad #Ciberresiliencia #LGBTQ

Gráfico en tonos morado y rosa para la serie de seminarios virtuales “Navegando la Ciberseguridad”, con los logotipos de Power On y una organización asociada en la esquina superior izquierda y LGBT Tech en la esquina superior derecha. Una ilustración central muestra casas conectadas mediante señales Wi-Fi y una antena de comunicaciones. El título de la sesión es “10 Consejos de ciberresiliencia para organizaciones LGBTQ+”, con la fecha 8 de octubre de 2026 en la parte inferior.

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 21/09/2026

WEBINAR 22 SEP 7pm EDT / 23:00 UTC - General Membership Meeting isoc.live/22150 ISOC-NY hosts an interactive discussion on AI: smarter when? Effect on jobs? Will they treat humans like cockroaches? Open to all on Zoom. #ISOCNY #AI #FutureOfWork #AIAlignment

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 21/09/2026

📡 ISOC LIVE - What's On & What's New - Sep 21 isoclive.substack.com/p/isoc-live-sep-21-2026 Upcoming: Digital@UNGA, AU AI governance consultation, Future of Speech Online, ICANN87, AfIGF 2026. Recaps: IGF-USA, HOPE 2026, CTU ICT Forecast. Plus OECD on growing up with social media.

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ISOC LIVE - What's On & What's New

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 21/09/2026

WEBINAR 22-23 SEP 13:00 UTC - RightsCon Continues Summit - Full Program isoc.live/21579 @accessnow.org hosts a 24-hour summit - 66 sessions on resilience, movement building & multistakeholder action. Pay-What-You-Can; registration closes 21 SEP. #RightsCon #DigitalRights #HumanRights

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 19/09/2026

WEBINAR 22 SEP 15:00 UTC - MENA Q3 All Members Call: From Engagement to Action / مكالمة جميع الأعضاء لمنطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا للربع الثالث: من المشاركة إلى العمل isoc.live/22123 #InternetSociety #MENA #CommunityEngagement

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 18/09/2026

WEBINAR 22 SEP 19:00 UTC - ISOC Pulse - Internet Frontiers: Navigating Data to Inform Public Discourse isoc.live/21903 @pulse.internetsociety.org on connecting the unconnected, with @commtechny.bsky.social, @connecthumanity.bsky.social, ISOC-NY and more. #DigitalDivide #DigitalEquity

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 18/09/2026

WEBINAR 23 SEP 11:00 VET / 15:00 UTC - El Futuro y la Resiliencia de nuestro Internet isoc.live/22113 ISOC Venezuela debate con Luis Mauricio Torres y Carlos Carrasco (cet.la) sobre el robo de cables en América Latina. #InfraestructuraCritica #RoboDeCables #IXP #Resiliencia

Fondo azul marino con los logotipos de Internet Society Capítulo Venezuela y cet.la en la parte superior. A la derecha, un mapa estilizado de América Latina delineado en azul cian brillante, atravesado por líneas y nodos luminosos que representan conexiones digitales y circuitos. A la izquierda aparece el título “El Futuro y la Resiliencia de nuestro Internet – Desafíos de la Infraestructura Crítica”, con la fecha 23 de septiembre de 2026 en la parte inferior.

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 18/09/2026

WEBINAR 23-24 SEP 15:00 EAT / 12:00 UTC - African Union Open Stakeholder Consultation on AI Governance and Regulation isoc.live/22110 Input sought on draft AU AI governance guidelines and the AU Model AI Law. Submissions by 30 Sep. #AIGovernance #ContinentalAIStrategy #Agenda2063

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 17/09/2026

WEBINAR 28 SEP 13:30 BST / 12:30 UTC - Disconnected Justice: The Non-Implementation of Internet Shutdown Judgments isoc.live/22106 @mediadefence.bsky.social and @accessnow.org on why landmark anti-shutdown rulings go unenforced. #KeepItOn #InternetShutdowns #DigitalRights #IDUAI

Dark navy webinar graphic titled “Disconnected Justice,” with the subtitle “The non-implementation of internet shutdown judgments” and date 28·09·26. A white telecommunications tower rises along the left edge, while red outlined disconnected Wi-Fi symbols appear around the textured background. Access Now and Media Defence logos are centered along the bottom.

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 16/09/2026

WEBINAR 24 SEP 15:00 UTC - The Evolving Role of SSAC in Global Governance and Its Relevance to the ISPCP isoc.live/22102 ICANN, ISPCP and SSAC trace SSAC advice from WSIS to WSIS+20, as IGF becomes a permanent UN forum. #ICANN #SSAC #WSIS20 #InternetGovernance

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 16/09/2026

WEBINAR 13 OCT 10:00 CEST / 08:00 UTC - Introduction to Internet Measurements (using RIPE Atlas) isoc.live/22098 Free two-hour RIPE NCC intro to RIPE Atlas: probes, ping and traceroute, reading results, and handling data responsibly. #RIPEAtlas #InternetMeasurement #RIPENCC

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 16/09/2026

WEBINAR 19 SEP 10:30am IST / 05:00 UTC - ISOC Chennai - Governing AI for Everyone: Inclusion, Trust and the Pacific Perspective isoc.live/22072 ISOC Chennai and KriVin Academy host Swaran Ravindra (PICISOC). Free; register by 18 Sep. #AIGovernance #InclusiveAI #PacificIslands #TechX

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 15/09/2026

HYBRID 18 SEP 10:15 EDT / 14:15 UTC - UNGIS: Stronger Together - Advancing Digital Cooperation Across the UN System isoc.live/22089 At UNDP HQ + online, with ITU, UNDP, @unctad.bsky.social, UN Women, OHCHR, World Bank, UNECE #WSIS #WSIS20 #GlobalDigitalCompact #DigitalCooperation

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 15/09/2026

WEBINAR 17 SEP 14:00 UTC - Africa Youth IGF 2026 - Youth Consultation isoc.live/22084 Africa Youth IGF invites young Africans to help shape the theme, priorities and programme of the 2 Nov Youth IGF in Accra, Ghana. #AfricaYouthIGF #AfIGF2026 #YouthInGovernance #InternetGovernance

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 15/09/2026

HYBRID 17-22 OCT 09:00 WITA / 01:00 UTC - ICANN87 Annual General Meeting isoc.live/22067 ICANN's six-day AGM in Bali, hosted locally by PANDI, Komdigi and Bali Province, with the Public Forum and Geopolitical Forum. #ICANN87 #ICANN #InternetGovernance #DNS

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 15/09/2026

WEBINAR 29 SEP 08:30 EDT / 12:30 UTC - Global Alumni Event 2026 isoc.live/22061 @internetsociety.org celebrates a year of its Alumni Network, with alumni building a safer and more accessible Internet, and a look ahead to 2027. #InternetSociety #AlumniNetwork #InternetChampions #ISOCAlumni

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 15/09/2026

WEBINAR 29 SEP 17:00 UTC - Sesión Regional: Mapeo del Estado de la Criptografía y el Cifrado en América Latina isoc.live/22059 ISOC Brasil presenta su iniciativa regional de mapeo del cifrado, rumbo al Global Encryption Day. #Cifrado #Criptografia #GlobalEncryptionDay #AmericaLatina

Gráfico promocional sobre fondo azul oscuro para el Global Encryption Day, con los logotipos del Capítulo Brasil de Internet Society y Global Encryption Day en la parte superior. A la derecha aparece un mapa luminoso y conectado en red de América Latina, extendiéndose hasta la Patagonia, con un gran candado turquesa superpuesto y numerosos puntos de luz interconectados. A la izquierda, tipografía destacada en blanco, verde y violeta anuncia una sesión regional sobre criptografía y cifrado en América Latina. En la parte inferior figura la fecha 29 de septiembre de 2026 junto a un icono de calendario.

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 14/09/2026

HYBRID 4 NOV 08:30 EST / 13:30 UTC - Canadian Internet Governance Forum / Forum canadien sur la gouvernance de l'Internet (CIGF / FCGI) 2026 isoc.live/22053 @canadianigf.ca on AI governance, digital rights, trade and cybersecurity. #CIGF2026 #FCGI2026 #InternetGovernance #DigitalPolicy

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 14/09/2026

SUMMARY - Growing Up in the Social Media Age isoclive.substack.com/p/oecd-socia... OECD Paper No. 385: 15-year-olds average 35 hrs/week on social media. Moderate use tracks better scores, heavy use worse - and school phone bans barely move the needle. #PISA #OnlineSafety

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 14/09/2026

RECAP - IGF-USA 2026 isoclive.substack.com/p/igfusa2026 Back after a three year hiatus! A permanent global IGF, AI data centers as a local governance problem, and what IGF-USA becomes next. #IGFUSA #InternetGovernance #DataCenters #DigitalPolicy #AI @intgovforum.bsky.social @internetsociety.org

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 09/09/2026

📡 ISOC LIVE - What's On & What's New - SEP 09 2026 isoclive.substack.com/p/isoc-live-sep-09-2026 NEW: a LIVE TODAY section at the top of isoc.live. Today: IGF-USA, direct from Philadelphia. Plus Battlemesh v18, APNIC 62. Recaps: A11yNYC, ISOC Chennai, Meta. #InternetGovernance #IGFUSA #a11y

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ISOC LIVE - What’s On & What’s New

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 09/09/2026

WEBINAR 14 SEP 13:00 AST / 17:00 UTC - CTU 2026 4th International ICT Forecast and Preparatory Meeting isoc.live/22033 Q4 2026 preview - briefs from ITU, ICANN, LACNIC, ARIN, CITEL, the IGF Secretariat and Jamaica's SMA. #CTU #Caribbean #ICT #InternetGovernance

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 07/09/2026

WEBCAST 07 SEP 13:00 UTC - Battlemesh v18 isoc.live/21812 Starts today in Gornji Karin, Croatia: a week on mesh networking, community networks and OpenWrt, plus a live mesh comparing routing protocols. Live: streaming.media.ccc.de/wbmv18/stream #Battlemesh #MeshNetworking #CommunityNetworks

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 07/09/2026

HYBRID 15 SEP 14:00 UTC - Can communities mitigate their rising concerns about data centers? isoc.live/22011 Brookings CTI: a fireside chat with Rep. Suhas Subramanyam plus a panel on siting, land use deals and electricity bills. Moderated by Nicol Turner Lee. #DataCenters #TechPolicy

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