The Internet isn't just for:
🚫 the wealthy
🚫 governments
🚫 large corporations
🚫 city dwellers

It is for all of us. No matter where we live, what we make, and what we do for a living—the Internet is a peoples' resource. 🫶

#InternetForEveryone

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Our 2022 Impact Report is here! We worked with our community to:

🔌 Connect underserved populations
🪴 Grow reliable, affordable access
🙋🏽‍♀️ Counter actions that threaten the Internet

Because we believe in an #InternetForEveryone. Read the full report👇

https://www.internetsociety.org/impact-report/2022/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=ir2022

6️⃣ Supporting capacity building, feasibility studies, quality assurance, technical and management expertise, governance models, and open-source tools to all stakeholders contributing to bridge the digital divide.

Let’s get past that tipping point together. Learn more: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/10/a-push-towards-universal-connectivity/

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4️⃣ Incentivize innovative fiscal solutions such as fee exemptions (customs waivers on import duties for open-source hardware and software) and tax breaks for investors.

5️⃣ Contributing funds, such as universal service and access funds (USAF), voucher programs, grants, low-interest loans, and loan guarantees for complementary connectivity and access solutions.

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3️⃣ Create options for complementary connectivity and access solutions to:

📶 Access affordable spectrum usage and infrastructure

🤝 Promote infrastructure sharing policies, wholesale open access to backhaul through open data platforms, or investments in physical infrastructure

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1️⃣ Integrate all types of complementary connectivity and access solutions into national broadband plans, connectivity and telecommunications strategies, and digitization policies.

2️⃣ Streamline licensing regulations and procedures that provide legal status to all types of complementary connectivity and access solutions.

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We’re at a tipping point. Universal connectivity is achievable if we all push.

Governments and policymakers are especially critical to unlocking financing mechanisms that can get us to connect the hardest-to-reach places.

How? A thread...🧵

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Authorities in 35 countries implemented #Internet #shutdowns more than 187 times in 2022 says Access Now. It's certainly not #InternetForEveryone in those countries:

Techmeme on Twitter: "Access Now: in 2022, 35 countries instituted internet shutdowns at least 187 times, led by India with 84 disruptions, Russia causing 22 in Ukraine, and more (@nihamasih / Washington Post) https://t.co/Xyyh0s8OFA https://t.co/l7lxBgsUdJ" / Twitter https://twitter.com/Techmeme/status/1630519768217452544

We all have a stake in the Internet’s survival, and it needs our help. The Internet needs us to act now to protect its future. Read our 2023 Action Plan to learn what we’re planning to help defend it next year: https://www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/2023/

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And can we get a shout-out, for them folks IN THE BACK, who need to be reminded to Alt-text their photos?

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We all have a stake in the Internet’s survival, and it needs our help. The Internet needs us to act now to protect its future. Read our 2023 Action Plan to learn what we’re planning to help defend it next year: https://www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/2023/

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We all have a stake in the Internet’s survival, and it needs our help. The Internet needs us to act now to protect its future. Read our 2023 Action Plan to learn what we’re planning to help defend it next year: https://www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/2023/

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At the Internet Society, we’re working every day to protect the Internet’s open architecture. This means identifying and mitigating threats to ensure a secure and trustworthy Internet. Learn how we plan to do this in our 2023 Action Plan: http://isoc.pub/ap2023

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