"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-...

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...

Catch @robbiemitch.bsky.social at Mongolia Network Operators' Group #mnNOG7 this Friday, 3 October. Pay close attention to his presentation to win a Pulse 👕

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...

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...

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...

[Blog] To develop effective Internet connectivity interventions, we need to know what people are facing pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/measuri... #connectingtheunconnected

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...

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.

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...

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

IPv6 traffic at Google is brushing up against 50%. www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6... #IPv6

[Blog] Mailyn Fidler discusses how states are using a combination of economic, legal, and covert powers targeting the Internet in other countries. These political shows of power point towards political solutions in international law and diplomacy. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/a-new-c...

While we are on the topic, for those attending #SIGCOMM2025, be sure to check out our resident Internet resilience expert, @amreeshphokeer.bsky.social's, non-paper session on the challenges of measuring the Internet in rural regions. conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2025...

We're looking forward to seeing all the novel Internet measurement visualizations, images, animations, and interactive artifacts at the inaugural Internet Visualization Exhibition #IVE happening at #SIGCOMM2025 this week. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/submiss...

"The question isn’t whether people understand the need for #IPv6. It’s whether we’ve made IPv6 deployment the natural, obvious, easy choice," writes @terrysweetser.bsky.social pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/why-ipv...

PTCL & TWA play a central role in Pakistan’s domestic Internet connectivity because of their unique roles as gateways to the global Internet. The risk: There is little redundancy when something happens to one or both of these operators. #waybackwednesday pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/focusin...

Below is a snapshot of a recent study tracking the impact of new mobile network entrants in OECD countries between 2008 and 2022. In most cases, the new operators forced existing players to lower prices, improve services, and rethink their strategies. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/what-ha...

Are you attending the Global Gathering event in Portugal next week? 😃 Join us at the Open Measurement Gathering (OMG) Village, which we're co-hosting w/ our friends @ioda.live, M-Lab, and Censored Planet! 🐙 OMG Village Agenda: ooni.org/post/2025-gg... ✨ Mark your calendars! #omg #community

Last week, we held two Pulse Internet Measurement Forums in Lagos, Nigeria, to discuss the challenges and opportunities to improve the country’s and region’s Internet resilience. Lessons in the 🧵 pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/25-cabl...

Japan is known for having some of the world’s most advanced fixed broadband infrastructure. Yet a closer look reveals a surprising contradiction.🧵

An alternative approach to measuring Internet performance is emerging, shifting away from artificial measurements that are indirect proxies of Internet quality to directly representative or predictive measurements. 🧵

📊Chart of the day📉 This chart shows the number of networks from outside Russia connecting (top) & disconnecting (bottom) with Russian IXPs, the year before and following the start of the invasion of Ukraine #WaybackWednesday pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/the-imp...

Many community networks (CNs) don't use fiber as a connectivity solution due to its high upfront cost, difficulty deploying in often remote & geographically challenging areas, and required expertise. However, a growing number of CNs in Kenya see it as the best technology to sustain their future. 🧵

Today's Pulse Blog post showcases an indigenous Internet measurement system developed by researchers at the University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia. 🧵 pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/malaysi...

New analysis reveals that fiber deployment to the remaining 56 million unserved US households could generate at least $3.24 trillion in net present value (NPV) through increases in housing value, income, employment, and other societal benefits. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/the-eco...

Country-level data on #AI use and Internet resilience is crucial for validating the current risk to development, writes Abhishek Vajjala and Anirudh Tagat pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/why-ai-...

Internet shutdowns are spreading in Africa, which is a concern for its burgeoning digital economy, which requires reliable Internet to continue its rapid growth, writes @abshwehdy.bsky.social pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/africas...

Today's Pulse Blog post is all about latency, specifically how constant latency is from Content Delivery Networks #CDNs edge servers. 🧵 pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/on-the-...

Internet outages happen all the time. What we learn from them and change helps us reduce the impact when the next one occurs. @amreeshphokeer.bsky.social shares his resilience lessons from last week's @cloudflare.social #DNS outage. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/lessons...

Recently, we held an Open Fibre Data Standard workshop at @gigaglobal.bsky.social Connectivity Centre in Geneva to develop a framework for moving forward with #OFDS 🧵 pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/ofds-sw...

The digital divide is typically understood as the gap between those with access to Internet infrastructure and those without. But new research challenges this assumption, specifically in the US 🧵 pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/the-new...

‼️ Amid protests, #Togo started blocking access to Facebook, Telegram, Signal, YouTube & DuckDuckGo last week. OONI data shows that the blocks remain ongoing. We document these blocks in our latest report: explorer.ooni.org/findings/167... #ooni #censorship #opendata #keepiton

The recent events show Egypt's very poor ISP market competition and dependence on a dominant local upstream provider is affecting its overall Internet resilience. Read our analysis pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/egypt-i...

DYK that 168 countries now have DNSSEC-enabled ccTLDs? pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/gabon-g... What's #DNSSEC, you say? 🧵

Congratulations to Brazil, Guatemala, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, and Tuvalu(!) for joining 13 countries with over 50% #IPv6 capability. Read Mat Ford's analysis. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/more-co...

OneWeb’s lack of Inter-Satellite Links impairs its seamless handover performance, study. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/measuri...

In moments of crisis, people need more than just Internet access—they need resilient, rights-based digital infrastructure, writes Saadia Azim in her latest Pulse Blog post pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/why-the...

Market competition is a critical component of a resilient Internet. Healthy competition among ISPs can increase consumer choice, reduce prices, & foster innovation, efficiency, & Internet quality. So, which markets have seen positive changes recently? pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/where-i...

Capacity development is equally important as infrastructure to not only increase Internet resilience but also bridge the digital divide in countries like #Tonga, writes Seluvaia Kauvaka pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/people-...

A new @internetsociety.bsky.social and CAPS Unlock report shows that Kazakhstan is taking steps to reduce dependencies and improve its and Central Asia’s Internet resilience, writes Callum Voge pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/report-...

🧵 Last month, we held our second Pulse Internet Measurement Forum #PIMFThailand, which was colocated with the BKNIX Peering Forum in Bangkok, Thailand. Here's our recap thread and post pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/recappi...

Hello Bsky! It's the 13th anniversary of World #IPv6 Launch Day today. 🎂 www.worldipv6launch.org cont.