The @IETF Open Forum session is starting soon at 12 Oct 2023 (1300 JST/0400 UTC)! If you haven't yet registered for online participation, be sure to sign up: intgovforum.org/en/content/igf…

The IAB Open Session at #IETF118 starts soon: 14:30-15:30 UTC. See an update on the EDM and e-impact programs, the proposed WHODIS program, a presentation on the planned Barriers to Internet Access of Services (BIAS) workshop, and more! Watch at: ietf.org/live/ietf118-i…

REMINDER: Call for Paper deadline 24 Nov! The Barriers to Internet Access of Services (BIAS) workshop aims to collect reports on barriers to access & get a better understanding of how the Internet functions in different parts of the world Details at: datatracker.ietf.org/group/biasws/a…

A secure, resilient, and interoperable Internet benefits the public interest and supports human rights to privacy and freedom of opinion and expression. Read the IAB statement on encryption and mandatory client-side scanning of content: datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statement-…

The new Environmental Impacts of Internet Technology (E-Impact) program's first virtual interim meeting on 15-16 Feb 2024 is open to participation, with all interested community members invited to join. Details in the latest post by the program co-chairs: ietf.org/blog/eimpact-p…

IAB Chair Mirja Kühlewind spoke to the Risks of Internet Fragmentation at the European Internet Forum event today.

Internet communications and applications have both environmental costs and benefits. The official report from the online workshop the Internet Architecture Board ran in December 2022 to explore and understand these impacts has been published as RFC 9547: rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9547.ht…

The “Barriers for Internet Access of Services" fully-online workshop discussed how increasing barriers to meaningful access to Internet-based services pose challenges & amount to a form of disenfranchisement. Read more about topics covered and next steps: ietf.org/blog/iab-bias-…

IAB workshops bring together a broad range of Internet experts to discuss topics related to Internet architecture, protocols, standards & future directions. Read the review by IAB member Dhruv w/insights gathered from more than a decade of workshops: ietf.org/blog/iab-works…

Call for Papers: The AI-CONTROL workshop in Sept. 2024 aims to explore opt-out mechanisms for methods commonly used in AI-oriented crawling techniques, and to build an understanding of use cases, requirements and other considerations in this space. More: datatracker.ietf.org/group/aicontro…

Call for Papers: The Next Era of NEtwork Management OPerationS (NEMOPS) workshop on 3-5 December 2024 aims to chart a path for the development of future network management protocols and techniques. Read more about how to contribute and participate: ietf.org/blog/iab-nemop…

NEMOPS workshop submission deadline extended! Papers now due 2024-11-17 (anywhere on Earth): ietf.org/blog/iab-nemop…

The AI-CONTROL workshop gathered ~50 individuals with a broad range of perspectives to discuss how publishers of data on the Internet could opt out of use by the LLMs and other machine learning techniques used for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Read more: ietf.org/blog/impressio…

Dirk Kutscher has been appointed as the next IRTF – Internet Research Task Force Chair to begin at #IETF122 in Mar 2025. Thanks to Colin Perkins who has served chair for the past 6 years and to other volunteer candidates. More info on IRTF Research Groups, programs & workshops at: irtf.org

We are pleased to announce the final results of our 2025 elections and IETF selections for our Board of Trustees. Congratulations to Charles Mok, Barry Leiba, Sagarika Wickramasekera, and Victor Kuarsingh! Read the full announcement: internetsociety.org/blog/2025/04/f…

At #IETF122 Bangkok, a special session about the upcoming World Summit on Information Security (WSIS) 20 year review provided an overview of how the IAB is engaging in this opportunity to recommit to the multistakeholder approach to Internet governance: ietf.org/blog/technical…

Explore how the multi-stakeholder model can be strengthened through deeper engagement between technical and policy communities at the #IGF2025 Building Bridges in Internet Governance Networking Session. Starts at 15:15 CEST on 24 June. More info at: igf2025.sched.com/event/246Is/ne…

The Workshop on Age-Based Restrictions on Content Access will examine the technical and architectural choices involved in solutions for age-based restrictions on access to content. Interested in participating? Submit a paper by 2025-07-31. Details at: datatracker.ietf.org/group/agews/ab…

On 2025-07-21, the Internet Architecture Board provided input to the United Nations' WSIS+20 Review Elements Paper. stressing that "participation from a broad range of stakeholders on an equal footing is the bedrock of Internet governance." Read at: datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statement-…

WATCH: The IAB Open Session at the #IETF123 Madrid meeting included presentations on Internet-governance related activities and featured a presentation about the work of the Olympic Broadcasting System. Full recordings are available at: ietf.org/blog/ietf123-i…