WEBINAR 25 JUN 18:00 UTC - Cyber Risk & Resilience in Education in the Age of AI isoc.live/21387 Tech In Motion & Kelly Education host a panel on how K-12 districts respond to cyber threats & AI-driven risk. #CyberSecurity #EdTech #K12 #AI

SUMMARY - Community-Centered Connectivity in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement, Uganda isoclive.substack.com/p/isoc-rhino... An @internetsociety case study: refugees in Uganda's Rhino Camp build, own & govern two solar "Hello Hubs," now serving 4,500+. @unhcr.org #CommunityNetworks

SUMMARY - OECD - Digital Government Outlook 2026 isoclive.substack.com/p/oecd-digit... The OECD's first Digital Government Outlook benchmarks 36 members + 8 accession states. Foundations are built; the challenge now is delivery, trustworthy AI, and joined-up services. #DigitalGov #AI

RECAP/RECORDING - Open Data about Mobility isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/open-data-... How NYC DOT and the MTA collect and share pedestrian, bus, subway, and traffic data. #NYCOpenDataWeek #OpenData #MobilityData #PublicTransit #CivicTech @nyc-dot.bsky.social ot.bsky.social @mta.info @beta.nyc

RECAP/RECORDING - Measuring Poverty Using Census Bureau Data isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/measuring-... How the Census Bureau measures poverty — official vs. supplemental measures, key datasets, and a live data portal demo. #civictech #opendata #CensusData #poverty #NYCSoData @beta.nyc

RECAP/RECORDING - Dreaming of a Networked World: Reflections on the Political Economy of the Internet - danah boyd isoclive.substack.com/p/oii-danah The @oii.ox.ac.uk 25th Anniversary lecture: on AI, teens & resisting the inevitable. #AI #SocialMedia #InternetStudies @zephoria.bsky.social

RECAP/RECORDING - How to Protect Kids From Chatbots Without Bans isoclive.substack.com/p/itif-chatb... Can lawmakers protect kids from AI chatbots without banning them? @itif.org's panel digs into the GUARD Act, the CHATBOT Act & state bills. #AIpolicy #ChildSafety #AIchatbots #TechPolicy @cdt.org

WEBINAR 17 JUN 16:00 UTC - 1876–1926: The Telephone and the Transatlantic Cable isoc.live/21373 Broadband Breakfast opens its 3-part Telecom150 series with Drew Clark, Claude S. Fischer, Menahem Blondheim, and Christopher Beauchamp. #Telecom150 #BroadbandHistory #Telephone #TransatlanticCable

RECAP/RECORDING - How NYC Open Data Guided a Review of Initiatives to Improve Bus Speeds in New York City isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/bus-speeds #civictech #OpenData #NYCBuses #PublicTransit @nycibo.bsky.social @beta.nyc

RECAP / RECORDING - What 13 Million 311 Complaints Reveal About New York City's Quality of Life isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/311-compla... #civictech #opendata #NYC311 #NYCOpenData #datascience @betanyc.bsky.social

RECAP/RECORDING - From Static to Dynamic: A Preview of NYC's Interactive Food Policy Dashboard isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/from-stati... #civictech #nyc #opendata #opendataweek #NYCOpenDataWeek #foodpolicy

HYBRID 24-26 JUN 06:30 UTC - IGF 2026 First Open Consultations and MAG Meeting isoc.live/21365 @intgovforum.bsky.social convenes in Nairobi and online to gather input on programme priorities in the context of WSIS+20 and the GDC. #IGF2026 #InternetGovernance #WSIS20 #GDC

WEBINAR 23 JUN 14:30 UTC - EURALO Multilingual Read-Out ICANN86 isoc.live/21362 The European Regional At-Large Organization (EURALO) hosts a multilingual read-out of ICANN86, hosted by EURALO Chair Frédéric Taes and Secretary Natalia Filina. #ICANN86 #euralo #AtLarge

WEBINAR 16 JUN 16:00 UTC - ITIF - How to Protect Kids From Chatbots Without Bans isoc.live/21358 ITIF (@itif.org) convenes a panel on the GUARD Act, CHATBOT Act, and protecting kids from AI companion chatbots without bans. #AIChatbots #KidsOnline #AIPolicy #OnlineSafety

WEBINAR 17 JUN 10:00 UTC - Don't Get Left Behind: Inside the African Government IPv6 Accelerator isoc.live/21340 AFRINIC Academy on its Government IPv6 Accelerator — why Africa's 6.11% IPv6 capability needs government networks to lead. #IPv6 #AFRINIC #DigitalInfrastructure

SUMMARY - Building a Free Internet of the Future isoclive.substack.com/p/building-a... @apc.org interviews 17 NGI0-funded projects building an Internet rooted in human rights, accessibility & decentralisation — incl @cryptpad.org & @framasoft.org. #FOSS #NGIZero #DigitalRights

RECAP/RECORDING - AI Cybersecurity After the Executive Order: What's Next? isoclive.substack.com/p/netcaucus-... NetCaucusAC Panel - How frontier AI is reshaping the cyber threat landscape, the new AI cybersecurity clearinghouse, and what Congress should do next. #CyberSecurity #AICyber

RECAP / RECORDING - The Newest New Yorkers: How Immigrant Groups Navigate Visa Pathways isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/the-newest... #civictech #opendata #opendataweek #immigration #NYC @beta.nyc

WEBCAST 12 JUN 16:00 UTC - AI Cybersecurity After the Executive Order: What's Next? isoc.live/21333 NetCaucus Rayburn lunch briefing on AI safety, legislation, and cybersecurity. Moderated by Shane Tews (AEI). #AICybersecurity #AICyber #AIGovernance

RECAP/RECORDING - Scaling Accessibility with Design Systems isoclive.substack.com/p/a11ynyc0626 Jesse Gardner - NYS Office of IT Services - on scaling digital accessibility across NY State government via a centralized design system. Mod: Irina Morozova - A11yNYC #a11y #a11ynyc #designsystems

WEBINAR JUN 17 14:30 UTC - ICANN86 Readout – Highlights & Take-Aways from the Policy Forum isoc.live/21315 eco and ICANN jointly host a readout of the ICANN86 Policy Forum in Seville, with leads from the GAC, ASO, ccNSO, ISPCP, SSAC, GNSO, ALAC and RrSG. #ICANN86 #DNS #InternetGovernance

WEBINAR 14 JUL 17:00 UTC - XRA - AI Glasses: Empowering Disability and Reshaping Privacy isoc.live/21309 XR Association on AI glasses, accessibility for people with disabilities, and privacy tradeoffs, with @buddingmonkey.bsky.social (Owlchemy Labs). #AIGlasses #Accessibility #Privacy

SUMMARY - Dissecting the Cost of Peering: Global Evidence from Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) isoclive.substack.com/p/peering-cost @internetsociety.bsky.social analysis: #peering (~$0.054/Mbps) vastly undercuts IP transit (~$18.2), with savings tied to cheaper broadband & wider mobile coverage.

RECAP / RECORDING - Build It, Use It, Own It: Making Language Data Work For You isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/build-it-u... #civictech #OpenDataWeek #LanguageAccess #LanguageJustice #NYC @clearglobal.org @beta.nyc

SUMMARY - The 130-Year-Old Entity That Can Fix NYC's Broadband Crisis isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/empire-cit... @nycpolicyforum.bsky.social argues NYC already owns a broadband fix: Empire City Subway's conduits under Manhattan & the Bronx, idle for decades. #broadband #NYC

WEBINAR 12 JUN 20:00 UTC - ISOC LAC Measurements Working Group Open Meeting isoc.live/21302 El Grupo de Mediciones de Internet Society LAC organiza una reunión abierta sobre métricas de Internet -- in Spanish, with Meet's caption translation enabled. #Mediciones #Measurement #IPv6 #DNS #ISOC

WEBCAST 16 JUN 09:00 UTC - nog.fi meeting 2026.06 isoc.live/21295 Finnish network operators gather in Tampere for talks on IPv6 next-hops, ASPA/RPKI path verification, the 2026 Root KSK Rollover, network automation, the DSA, and more... #nogfi #NetworkOperators #Tampere #Peering

WEBINAR 24 JUN 12:00 UTC - ICANN EMEA: AI Models and the Internet's Unique Identifiers isoc.live/21292 ICANN VP Patrick Jones looks at how two popular AI models use Internet identifiers, and how their query responses differ. Facilitated by Gabriella Schittek. #ICANN #AI #DNS

SUMMARY - Canada's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All isoclive.substack.com/p/canada-ai Built on trust, opportunity & sovereignty. Targets: AI adoption 12%→60% by 2034, 250K jobs, a sovereign supercomputer by 2031. Launched by @mark-carney.bsky.social. #AI #AIpolicy

SUMMARY - New UK CMA Publisher Conduct Requirement for Google Search isoclive.substack.com/p/cma-google World-first CMA rule lets publishers opt out of Google's AI search. KGI's @alissacooper.bsky.social says: a welcome but partial step that leaves Google's structural dominance untouched.

SUMMARY - A Parent's Guide to #DigitalSafety isoclive.substack.com/p/digital-sa... New 52-page guide from Stanford Social Media Lab, FOSI & the California Partners Project. Its CALMER framework helps parents handle cyberbullying, body image, sextortion & AI abuse - through trust, not surveillance.

WEBCAST JUL 7 7:30pm EDT / 11:30 UTC - A11yNYC – The worldviews we build with: Why good design starts in the spirit isoc.live/21288 A11yNYC hosts Elina Ashimbayeva on why every product carries a worldview, and what shifts when it's foundational. #a11y #Accessibility #worldview

SUMMARY - Interisle: "Malicious Registrations in the Domain Name Market" isoclive.substack.com/p/interisle-... New Interisle study: bad actors bought 10-20% of new gTLD domains last year. Five registrars = half of all malicious ones. Renewals crater because criminals never keep them.

📡 ISOC LIVE - What's On & What's New - JUN 02 New recaps on broadband quality, meaningful internet in education, GAAD + AI accessibility, the Common Good Cyber Fund, plus reports on LATAM cable theft, NYC municipal networks & more. isoclive.substack.com/p/whats-new-jun-02-2026

RECAP/RECORDING - PriceWise: A grocery prices database + app, built by and for budget-conscious communities isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/pricewise #civictech #opendata #OpenDataWeek #NYCSoData #NYCOpenData #fooddata #foodsecurity #groceries @beta.nyc

SUMMARY - The Blueprint for Equitable Digital Participation isoclive.substack.com/p/blueprint-... @publicknowledge.bsky.social, UnidosUS & NDIA: 7 focus groups + a national survey find affected communities know the solutions - what's missing is political will. #DigitalEquity #Broadband

HYBRID 8-11 JUN - 19th Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities @isoc.live has links to ALL online sessions — main debates, roundtables & every webcast/webinar side event. isoc.live/21279 #UNDESA #COSP19 #DisabilityRights #CRPD20 #a11y #accessibility

SUMMARY - Cable Theft and Vandalism of Telecom Infrastructure in Latin America isoclive.substack.com/p/latam-cabl... New cet.la report: 63% of operators in 14 countries report rising cable/battery theft, ~85% of cases tie to organized crime. #copper #telecom #LatAm

RECAP/RECORDING - Mapping Emergency Food Needs in NYC isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/mapping-em... Ora Kemp on the supply gap analysis behind NYC's emergency food funding. #NYCOpenData #OpenDataWeek #civictech #FoodPolicy #FoodSecurity #EndHunger @beta.nyc

RECAP/RECORDING - #OpenDataWeek 2026 Keynote: Rahul Bhargava on Community Data isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/festival-k... @mkgold.bsky.social. #NYCOpenData #civictech #CommunityData @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

RECAP/RECORDING - Fibre Is Not Enough isoclive.substack.com/p/ookla-broa... As fibre becomes ubiquitous, the differentiators move elsewhere: in-home Wi-Fi, peering, CDN proximity, and LEO satellite. #Fibre #Broadband #FTTH #WiFi #Starlink #FWA @fiberguy.bsky.social

RECAP/RECORDING - Beyond Access: What Does 'Meaningful Internet' Mean in Education? isoclive.substack.com/p/isoc-peru-... Why connecting a school isn't the same as transforming it. #ISOCPerú #MeaningfulConnectivity #DigitalEducation #EdTech #DigitalDivide

RECAP/RECORDING - Forging Links: Public Scholarship, Civic Tech & Open Data isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/forging-li... #NYCOpenData #OpenDataWeek #civictech #digitalequity #publicscholarship @nycmesh.bsky.social @igraywill.bsky.social @beta.nyc

SUMMARY - Report: AI and New York City's Fiscal Future isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/ai-and-new... @nyccomptroller.bsky.social Mark Levine's office models five AI scenarios through 2030 and assigns each a probability. The ask: build the rainy-day fund to $13.5B vs the $7.2B held now.

RECAP/RECORDING - Youth-Driven Map-Making with Open Data / Maps at MIXI Club isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/youth-driv... #NYCOpenData #OpenDataWeek #civictech #OpenData #SpatialJustice #Cartography @beta.nyc

GAAD 2026: 'From Access to Agency' Dr. Vint Cerf & Dr. Muhammad Shabbir on accessibility & AI. Shabbir's "Apomechanic" — systems that push users away. Cerf on AI captions, vibe coding, feedback loops. isoclive.substack.com/p/dcad-gaad2... @intgovforum.bsky.social #a11y #accessibility #GAAD

WEBINAR 4 JUN 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC - Investigating the Impact of Chatbots on Mental Wellbeing isoc.live/21255 Pulitzer Center hosts Patricia Clarke (The Observer), @livgar.bsky.social & Briana Vecchione of @datasociety.bsky.social on chatbots & mental wellbeing. #AI #MentalHealth #Chatbots

Establishing the shared foundations for collective AI security (summary) isoclive.substack.com/p/oecd-ai-se... An OECD AI Wonk piece argues AI security is a shared, cross-border challenge needing interoperable governance built on the OECD AI Principles & GPAI's multistakeholder work.

WEBINAR 30 MAY 19:00 IST / 13:30 UTC - ISOC Mumbai - Chronically Online | A Workshop on Digital Fatigue & Burnout isoc.live/21250 #DigitalWellbeing #DigitalFatigue #Burnout #MentalHealth #isocmumbai

NYC Eyes Municipal Fiber: Jumaane Williams Makes the Case for Public Broadband isoclivecivic.substack.com/p/nyc-eyes-m... "Get Connected" — treat Internet as a utility: audit failed ISPs, open the market to nonprofits, build city-owned fiber. @nycmesh.bsky.social serves Grand Street Guild at $10/mo.