🌐 Lessons from Colville Reservation on the Power of Indigenous-Led Connectivity What Happens When a Community Wires Itself? The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington answered that question by building their own network across 1.4 million acres of rugged terrain that market carriers declined to serve. A study by economists Thomas Stratmann and Pradyot Sharma, “Digital Infrastructure in Thin Markets: Evidence from a Tribal-Led Broadband Rollout,” found that connectivity benefited the community by raising incomes, increasing employment, and creating new government jobs: internetsociety.org/blog/202… What can data and the experiences of underserved communities teach us about closing the digital divide? 👉 Join us at Internet Frontiers: Navigating Data to Inform Public Discourse on September 22 in Washington, D.C.: pulse.internetsociety.org/en… 📲 Online workshop also available: pulse.internetsociety.org/en… We’ll bring together researchers, policymakers, journalists, advocates, and community voices to examine what the evidence shows about connectivity, infrastructure, and the digital divide. #InternetSociety #IndigenousConnectivity #DigitalDivide #CommunityNetworks

In the rural town of São José de Alegre, the Internet Society Brazil Chapter is bridging generations and building digital trust. In 2024, the chapter launched CodificaKids, a digital safety workshop for young people. Hands-on games turned complex concepts like encryption and privacy into tangible experiences, and children shared the knowledge they gained with their families. Read the full story ⬇️ internetsociety.org/blog/202…

In Rwanda’s Karongi District, the Internet Society Rwanda Chapter @isoc_rw is helping parents safely navigate digital services and the online world. Initiatives like the chapter’s Digital Parenting and Online Safety training help ensure that digital inclusion is not just about access—but about safety, trust, and empowerment. Read the full story ⬇️ internetsociety.org/blog/202…

Six months ago, we announced our Safer Internet Initiative—a global, multi-year strategy to fight back against online threats such as scams, fraud, cyberattacks, and more. Now, we’re advancing a connected set of efforts to strengthen online safety and security worldwide. Through targeted funding, practical training, trusted resources, community mobilization, and advocacy, the Safer Internet Initiative is helping address the risks people face online. Learn more about this work ⬇️ internetsociety.org/blog/202…

On this International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we honor their knowledge, leadership, and right to shape their digital future. Read how the Internet Society and the @ISOC_Foundation are supporting Indigenous connectivity, built by and for the communities: internetsociety.org/blog/202… @TechSoup @EquitableOrigin @ChacoProadapt @ISocPanama @TribalBBCamp #WorldIndigenousPeoplesDay #IndigenousConnectivity #CommunityNetworks

The Internet Society Foundation’s early investments in #IndigenousConnectivity continue to bear fruit years later: the Tribal Broadband Bootcamp has worked with more than 100 Tribal nations and trained more than 500 emerging leaders from Tribal communities over the past five years. With initial funding from the Foundation in 2022, the initiative has become one of the most important efforts in Indigenous connectivity in the United States. This year, Sharayah Lane, our senior advisor for Indigenous community connectivity, joined the bootcamp’s five-year celebration, a week of hands-on training led by and for Tribal communities. Read the full story: internetsociety.org/blog/202…