Developing the Internet Microscope
How does the traffic volume and energy requirement of Internet services support what people do in everyday life? Conversely, what kinds of traffic are difficult…
Are we Together? The Role of Local Languages (and the Lack of) for Digital Inclusion
How do the predominant languages that digital platforms use impact the usability and accessibility of digital platforms and content? What are the barriers for both…
U.S Ed Tech Industry Benchmark: Data Sharing in Primary & Secondary School Mobile Utility Apps
How is mandated technology treating our most vulnerable (young students)?
Global Governance of LEO Satellite Broadband
What are the potential ‘data/digital sovereignty’ and jurisdictional challenges to the integration of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations onto the (5G) telecommunications network? How…
On the Far Side of REST: An Architecture for a Future Internet
How can we establish an alternative web-scale architecture that embraces REST’s strengths, yet addresses its current drawbacks around privacy and security?
Platform Mediation and the Verified Internet
What types of evidence are platforms requesting from users as they verify their identities, their property, or their content? How might this evidence unintentionally privilege…
VIT Labs: An urban laboratory for collective learning and outreach on Values of Internet Technologies
$30,000 for a project through the Internet Society Chapter in Switzerland, to create an urban laboratory for collective learning and outreach as a platform to…
Streaming Station Community News Project
$29,828 to create a community-controlled technology facility enabling residents in Harlem, New York to use the Internet to produce and stream news and informational programming…
State of the Internet and Social Networks in Mali
$30,000 to generate reliable statistical data on Internet use in Mali, in particular on the use/misuse of social media, which has become popular in both…
Digital Libraries – An Infrastructure to Enrich Education in Sustainable Communities
$13,800 for a project to upgrade Internet infrastructure in five high schools on Nicaragua’s southern coast – a region with a 14% Internet penetration rate…
ePrivacidade – Trocada por Miúdos
$25,000 for an online privacy and security campaign in Portugal that aims to raise awareness among kids, tweens, teens and young adults. The project will…
Strengthening the data users’ engagement and participation in Hong Kong Open Data Index
$15,000 will go towards strengthening the engagement and participation of data users in policymaking in Hong Kong. Using Hong Kong’s Open Data Index, initiated in…