May 9, 2016 archive

Is the Internet Fragmenting? Join the Discussion Live – Tuesday, May 10, at 3:30pm US EDT (Featured Blog)

Is the global, open Internet moving away from a network of networks that is universally accessible to a series of networks fragmented along policy, technical or economic lines? As some governments pass laws related to data localization and restriction of cross-border data flows, what will the impact be? What about the increasing use of DNS and content filtering? What other factors have the potential for causing fragmentation? More...

Is The Internet Fragmenting? Join a panel discussion Tuesday, May 10, at 3:30pm US EDT

Is the Internet fragmenting?  Is the global, open Internet moving away from a network of networks that is universally interoperable to a series of networks fragmented along policy, technical or economic lines? As some governments pass laws related to data localization and restriction of cross-border data flows, what will the impact be?  What about the increasing use of DNS and content filtering? What other factors have the potential for causing fragmentation?

Dan York