Tag - open internet

Human Rights
Local context - The Swiss Internet ecosystem
Censorship
Public Policy
censorship
On Friday, March 24th, 2023, the ISOC-CH General Assembly decided to join the explicit disassociation from the position paper "Joint Statement zur Plattformregulierung" issued and co-signed by Digitale Gesellschaft (Digiges) a few months ago. The post ISOC-CH to support disassociation from DigiGes Platform statement appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter.
Friday, March 31, 2023 / ISOC Switzerland Chapter
General
DNSSEC
open internet
gambling law
Geldspielgesetz
To navigate the Internet, users typically use domain names in their browser’s address bar. Domain names will be translated to machine-readable IP addresses by the Domain Name System (DNS) and those IP addresses are used to connect to the requested website. The process is similar to using a phone book to look up the telephone... The post Switzerland needs a wider DNSSEC Deployment! [https://www.isoc.ch/switzerland-needs-a-wider-dnssec-deployment/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].
Monday, March 20, 2017 / ISOC Switzerland Chapter
General
open internet
encryption
gambling law
Geldspielgesetz
The Swiss National Council just approved network blocking. The National Council debated on 1 March 2017 the law on gambling (“Geldspielgesetz,” “LJAr,” “LGD”) within Switzerland. However, the debate was fundamentally about more than just gambling, it was about public access to websites of foreign online gambling sites (casinos, poker sites, etc.), since they will be... The post Bad day for the open Internet in Switzerland [https://www.isoc.ch/bad-day-for-the-open-internet-in-switzerland/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].
Monday, March 6, 2017 / ISOC Switzerland Chapter