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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

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

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

Freedom Online Coalition: Joint Statement on Technical Standards and Human Rights in the Context of Digital Technologies The Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) is a group of 41 countries strongly committed to the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Last week it was my pleasure to join such an impressive lineup of talks at the RIPE NCC Open House: Green Tech and Sustainability in Internet Technologies. You can watch the proceedings and download the slides. Green Tech and Sustainability in Internet Technologies, 2 Oct 2024Open House discussion about Green