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As a human rights advocate and technologist I spend a lot of time talking about how the internet works and why that matters. How digital technologies are designed, developed and deployed impact our lives, pure and simple. The internet has uniquely changed the relationships we have with one another, and

Privacy and security in digital public infrastructures By Divyank Katira, Gurshabad Grover, and Anunay Kulshrestha (internet Research Lab) The internet Research Lab is hosted at the Exchange Point Institute. The project 'Privacy Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure in India' is supported by the Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund. The

The WP Engine Dispute Reveals What We Already Knew about the WordPress Ecosystem Open source ecosystems are built on collaboration and shared innovation, but these processes can also lead to conflict, security and reliability concerns, and a disregard for the most vulnerable. A recent dispute between WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg

Last month I attended the Decrypting Digital Authoritarianism conference in Florence. Below is the work-in-progress I presented. Censorship and what to do about it Keeping people connected in repressive regimes around the world is work that never ends. There are technical solutions from satellites to VPNs, but censorship and circumvention

Ripe Optimism: What AFRINIC’s Receivership Means for Stronger Governance of Internet Infrastructure Just this month a Mauritius court rejected a legal appeal, placing AFRINIC in receivership. For the past few years one of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIR), AFRINIC, the African Network Information Centre, responsible for IP address