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We consolidate trusted third-party Internet measurement data to examine Internet trends and tell data-driven stories about the availability, evolution, and resilience of the Internet. pulse.internetsociety.org

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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 15/09/2026
Heading to #TPRC54? Join our #PIMFWashingtonDC workshop to explore what happens when your Internet measurement data leaves the lab. 🗓️ 23 Sep 9:00-17:00 📍 American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. 🔗 pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 20/08/2026
As #RPKI adoption continues to grow, understanding its impact on BGP performance becomes increasingly important, writes Samuele Quinzi pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...
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Do RPKI Updates Affect the Internet's Stability? | ISOC Pulse
As RPKI adoption continues to grow, understanding its impact on BGP performance becomes increasingly important.
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 17/06/2026
The need to better understand the behavior of the submarine cable network has never been more urgent. Researchers have developed a new methodology using publicly available infrastructure that captures more accurate profiles of their behavior. Learn more pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...
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Increasing the Resolution of Submarine Cable Network Performance | ISOC Pulse
Researchers have developed a new methodology using publicly available infrastructure that captures more accurate profiles of subsea cable behavior.
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 09/06/2026
A Circular Letter issued by the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs in September 2024 has led to a 11% increase in #IPv6 adoption in the world's 4th-most populous country, from 15% to 26% pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...
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Government Directive Boosting Indonesia’s IPv6 Adoption — Internet Society Pulse
IPv6 adoption in Indonesia has increase from 15% to 26% in the last 12 months.
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 15/05/2026
Human error-attributed misconfigurations are the leading cause of security and privacy incidents in cloud services, writes Sumair Ijaz Hashmi pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...
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Mapping Community Responses to Cloud Security Misconfigurations — Internet Society Pulse
Human error-attributed misconfigurations are the leading cause of security and privacy incidents in cloud services.
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 12/05/2026
@ooni.org's longitudinal data reveals several key trends in how Internet censorship is evolving globally, including targeted, intermittent blocks for short-term control, and long-term blocks for systemic suppression pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...
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Measuring Internet Censorship: Challenges, Trends, and Impact — Internet Society Pulse
OONI crowdsourced network measurement data enables research and supports advocacy and rapid response to Internet censorship events.
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 05/05/2026
For rural Internet connectivity decisions, Starlink's value depends entirely on the availability of alternative connectivity and locally cached content, writes Vasanta Chaganti pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026... #LEO
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Measuring Rural Internet Access Across Starlink — Internet Society Pulse
For rural Internet connectivity decisions, Starlink's value depends entirely on what alternative connectivity and locally cached content exist.
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 09/04/2026
Researchers have proposed that for a network to be considered within the "Internet core," it needs to be reachable by at least 50% of the rest of the active Internet pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...
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Understanding Partial Reachability — Internet Society Pulse
Researchers have proposed a new definition that suggests that for a network to be considered within the "Internet core," it needs to be reachable by at least 50% of the rest of the active Internet
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 31/03/2026
Pulse has so far tracked three election-related Internet shutdown events in 2026, the same number for all of 2025 pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026... #KeepItOn
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Are Congo and Uganda Election-related Internet Shutdowns a Sign of Things to Come? — Internet Society Pulse
Pulse has so far tracked three election-related Internet shutdown events in 2026, the same number for all of 2025.
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 19/03/2026
This week, we've been focusing on #IXPs: how they can help us measure Internet trends and their importance during and susceptibility to Internet and power outages. Learn more 🔌 pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026... 📊 pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...
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Trends, Transformations, and Regional Dynamics of Internet Interconnection — Internet Society Pulse
Global peering is not contracting; it is undergoing a structural transformation.
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 12/03/2026
Meet Alfred Arouna from SimulaMet. As part of his 2026 Pulse Research Fellowship, he will be working to improve the transparency of IP blocklists so as to reduce the unintended risks they have pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 04/02/2026
We will be in Jakarta next week for #apricot2026 + our first Pulse Internet Measurement Forum of 2026 #PIMFIndonesia. This hybrid workshop will focus on increasing Internet resilience of schools in Indonesia & APAC. Register to attend virtually pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 03/02/2026
There’s much the Internet measurement research community can learn from understanding users’ behavior pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...
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Unveiling and Engaging with the Humans of Networking Research — Internet Society Pulse
Action research, Participatory Action Research, and Participatory Design approaches should be employed in Internet research studies to integrate community participation directly into the research outp...
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 27/01/2026
[Blog] Between 2014 and 2023, 154 countries experienced an Advanced Persistent Threat #APT attack pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/a-decad...
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A Decade-long Landscape of Advanced Persistent Threats
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 22/01/2026
Ubiquitous connectivity has remained an unattainable goal in the USA, despite hundreds of billions of dollars in investment, writes Micah Beck pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/the-ubi...
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The Ubiquity Tradeoff
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IODA (Internet Outage Detection and Analysis) @ioda.live · 21/01/2026
The IODA team completed a comparative analysis of the ongoing Internet shutdown in Iran to shutdowns during Bloody November in 2019, Women Life Freedom Movement in 2022, and the Israel-Iran War in 2025. Please read and reach out with any questions. ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/reports/a-co...
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A Comparative Look at Internet Shutdowns in Iran: 2019, 2022, 2025, and 2026
On January 8th, 2026, the Iranian regime implemented an Internet shutdown amidst national protests. This shutdown is the most sophisticated and most severe in Iran’s history. IODA's longitudinal view ...
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 15/01/2026
Researchers have proposed a new approach to enhance the accuracy of geolocation and users' privacy, which relies on a trusted third-party authority to verify and attest both a user’s location and the accuracy requirements declared by the service. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/rethink...
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Rethinking Geolocation on the Internet
Researchers have proposed a new approach that relies on a trusted third-party authority to verify and attest both a use…
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Doug Madory @eldomador.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
On Jan-6, Starlink added an additional 6 IPv4 and 1 IPv6 ranges for Venezuela in their geolocation file. Went from 1280 to 2816 unique IPv4 addresses. For more on Starlink geo, see my post for @isoc-pulse.bsky.social: pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/blast-o...
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 14/01/2026
Uganda's Internet connectivity continues to be compromised. See event page for latest pulse.internetsociety.org/en/shutdowns...
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Shutdown - Uganda - Internet Society Pulse
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 09/01/2026
As Iran starts to wake, the Internet continues to remain disconnected per @radar.cloudflare.com and @ioda.live Follow updates on @internetsociety.bsky.social Pulse Shutdown Tracker: pulse.internetsociety.org/en/shutdowns...
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 17/12/2025
To make informed decisions about infrastructure planning, energy policy, and digital resilience, decision-makers need access to transparent, #opensource data, writes Alicia Takaoka pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/energys...
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EnergySHR: A Platform for Open-Source Data about Energy Transition Infrastructure, and People
To make informed decisions about infrastructure planning, energy policy, and digital resilience, decision-makers need a…
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 10/12/2025
19 submissions that explained, revealed, and provoked how the Internet could be represented. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/seeing-...
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Seeing the Unseen Internet: Lessons from the Internet Visualization Exhibition
The inaugural Internet Visualization Exhibition had 19 submissions that answered and provoked questions about the perfo…
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 09/12/2025
What if... This was the question we asked our #PIMFspain attendees yesterday to prompt them to consider projects on how to strengthen our view of the Internet's resilience. Stay tuned to their solutions pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 04/12/2025
Attention Internet measurement and visualization students, researchers, and supervisors! Applications for the Pulse 2026 Research Fellowship and Mentorship are now open. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/apply-n...
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Apply Now for the 2026 Pulse Research Fellowship and Mentorship
Are you interested in Internet measurements and research and have a project or tool in mind that contributes to upholdi…
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 02/12/2025
It's less than a week until we kick off Pulse Research Week. Register to join us virtually or in person in Barcelona. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/registe...
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Register Now for Internet Society Pulse Research Week, Barcelona, Spain, Hybrid
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 27/11/2025
An improved understanding of the geolocation of Internet infrastructure facilitates research & measurement, operational standards, and Public policy surrounding infrastructure equity, resilience, and concentration. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/the-ale...
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The Aleph (ℵ): Revealing the Internet’s Hidden Geography from the DNS
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 25/11/2025
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the negative effects were visible in both the physical and digital worlds. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/when-ro...
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 21/11/2025
Borges is a new Internet ownership mapping tool that combines WHOIS registry data, PeeringDB records, website signals, and large language models (LLMs) to uncover related networks that traditional methods often miss. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/mapping...
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 20/11/2025
For those who experienced Internet issues this week due to the #Cloudflareoutage, here is a visual of why so many were affected globally. Read today's post to learn what percentage of the top 1,000 websites are hosted by which providers in your country pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/how-con...
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 14/11/2025
@amreeshphokeer.bsky.social and @robbiemitch.bsky.social are presenting at the @internetsociety.bsky.social Pulse Internet Measurement Forum in India today #PIMFindia. Follow us virtually pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 11/11/2025
Following a platform-wide outage in November 2022, #Starlink published a significantly different IP geolocation file, which included for the planet Mars: 98.97.73.224/27,XX,XX-XY,Mars Learn more in @eldomador.bsky.social's latest post pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/blast-o...
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Blast-Off: 3.5 Years of Starlink’s Growth (Part 2)
Starlink’s IP geolocation data shows the use of the satellite Internet service in isolated and disputed territories, an…
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 06/11/2025
2 heads are better than 1. Take, for example, batch & streaming methods for detecting Internet outages. They may share a similar framework & produce similar results, but when used individually, they leave a 16% grey area. Learn more in today's guest post pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/compari...
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Comparing Batch and Streaming Detection of Internet Outages
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 05/11/2025
Register now for our inaugural Pulse Research Week, happening in Barcelona, Spain (and online) from 8-11 December. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/registe...
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Register Now for Pulse Research Week, Barcelona, Spain, Hybrid
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 30/10/2025
DYK we have a monthly newsletter? Check out this month's issue and sign up to not miss out on all the latest Pulse news, events, and research opportunities email.internetsociety.org/blast-off-3....
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 16/10/2025
However, Quality of Outcome metrics that have been proposed to reduce latency ignore these techniques. Read more in today's Pulse Blog Post pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/bandwid...
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Bandwidth is Dead. Long Live Data Logistics
Quality of Outcome metrics ignores techniques that combine storage and computation with data transmission to improve th…
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 16/10/2025
This approach, which supports services like Content Delivery Networks #CDNs, is often more practical than the technically difficult goal of minimizing end-to-end transmission delay for every single data packet. 🧵
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 16/10/2025
Many applications improve the quality of service by combining storage and computation with data transmission, techniques often summarised as “latency hiding.” 🧵
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 14/10/2025
Does a National Emergency Telecommunications Plan offer a practical and immediate solution towards greater Internet connectivity autonomy and resilience for Gaza? pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/keeping...
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Keeping Gaza Connected: Building Crisis-Resilient Internet Access
Geopolitical restrictions are making proposed technical solutions to strengthen Internet resilience difficult in countr…
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 09/10/2025
"Our results highlight a crucial point for policymakers and the public: blocking VPNs isn’t as straightforward as it might sound." pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/vpn-or-...
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VPN or Vpwn: How Afraid Should You Be of VPN Traffic Identification?
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 07/10/2025
How secure is your #VPN? A new study found 8 popular, commercial VPN apps operating deceptively, exposing more than 700 million users to authoritarian surveillance. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/who-own...
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Who Owns, Operates, and Develops Your VPN Matters
New research shows that eight popular, commercial VPN apps operate deceptively, exposing more than 700 million users to…
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 01/10/2025
Catch @robbiemitch.bsky.social at Mongolia Network Operators' Group #mnNOG7 this Friday, 3 October. Pay close attention to his presentation to win a Pulse 👕
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 30/09/2025
Catch us this week at #MediaParty happening in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for an #PIMFargentina / Sandbox event 'Internet Pulse: Visibilizando la salud de la red' ft @manypossibilities.net, @joaoaguiar.blog.br, Juan Peirano, and Hernan Seoane pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 30/09/2025
Locally-driven research and programming are necessary to ensure that rural/remote communities can fully participate in the digital age while safeguarding their well-being and cultural heritage, writes @robmcmahon.bsky.social pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/assessi...
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Assessing Early Adoption of LEO Satellite Systems in Remote Indigenous Communities in Northern Canada
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 23/09/2025
The solution requires reframing how we think about #opensource infrastructure. Rather than treating it as a technical curiosity, policymakers must recognize it as foundational to economic resilience, GDP growth, & democratic governance, writes Feven Mekonenn pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/insight...
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Insights From the UN Open Source Conference: Reclaiming the Foundations of the Internet
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 18/09/2025
[Blog] To develop effective Internet connectivity interventions, we need to know what people are facing pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/measuri... #connectingtheunconnected
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Measuring “Under-Connectedness” Reveals More About Lived Experiences of Digital Inequality
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 17/09/2025
Read how @internetsociety.bsky.social Society Chapters have been collaborating with each other and coordinating with local stakeholders to advance #DNSSEC adoption by ccTLDs across Africa pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/chapter...
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Chapters Leading the DNSSEC Charge in Africa
Internet Society Chapters have been collaborating with each other and coordinating with local stakeholders to advance D…
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 17/09/2025
We're proud to support #PyConUK2025 as a way to give back to the #opensource community that makes projects like Pulse a reality. If you're attending, say hi to our Senior Developer Andy Clyde or drop him a question on the Discord channel.
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 16/09/2025
We measure the Internet for many reasons, including understanding our rights as users. This was the theme of a panel discussion we participated in at last month's 2025 Digital Rights in Asia Pacific #DRAPAC2025 Assembly in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/underst...
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Understanding Your Rights Starts With Measuring What’s Wrong
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Internet Society Pulse @pulse.internetsociety.org · 11/09/2025
We're proud to sponsor the upcoming #TPRC53 event and promote the amazing Internet measurement research it features each year. You can read summaries of some of the research to be presented on the Pulse Blog pulse.internetsociety.org/blog
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Stephen Shankland @stshank.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
IPv6 traffic at Google is brushing up against 50%. www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6... #IPv6
A chart showing the steady increase of the newer IPv6 internet data-transfer protocol from 2010 to the present.
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