[isoc-ny] Internet Society North America Updates – June 2017

Thu Jun 15 08:37:15 PDT 2017

The latest news digest from our Regional Bureau. They can be followed on
Twitter at https://twitter.com/isoc_na

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Welcome to the June 2017 edition of the Internet Society North American
Bureau’s monthly newsletter!

*In the News:*

*Global: *

*70% of global Internet traffic will flow over CDNs over the next five
years:
<https://qz.com/1001569/the-cdn-heavy-internet-in-rich-countries-will-be-unrecognizable-from-the-rest-of-the-worlds-in-five-years/?platform=hootsuite>*

The internet is being reshaped by private networks owned by the world’s
tech giants: firms like Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, and Google. The
majority of internet traffic already flows over such private networks,
called content delivery networks (CDNs), but that proportion is set to
increase to over 70% of global internet traffic over the next five years,
according to Cisco’s annual forecast of internet traffic trends.

*According to Harvard Business Review, cyber awareness training is your
best bet for cyber defense.
<https://www.securable.io/blog/the-best-cybersecurity-investment-you-can-make-is-better-training-cyber-awareness-training?utm_content=54638779&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter>*

No matter what technology is made available to stop cybercrime, cyber
threats will not completely disappear as long as humans are involved.
Humans are imperfect and cybercriminals have taken advantage of this to
scam people and organizations out of billions of dollars each year.
Companies often spend large amounts of their cybersecurity budget on
complex security systems like anti-malware/anti-virus software, intrusion
detection programs, and more. However, what companies are missing in their
cyber strategy is the piece centered around people.

*Freedom of Expression and the Digital Access Industry: Five Key Takeaways
<https://www.justsecurity.org/42080/freedom-expression-tech-industry-key-takeaways/>*

The Internet, a historically unparalleled source of information and
expression, has also become a playground for censorship, punishment and
propaganda. Not a day goes by where an individual is not arrested,
prosecuted or threatened for the content of a tweet or a post. States are
ordering internet shutdowns in times of public protest, elections, and even
school exams. Governments enjoy surveillance capabilities that drill deep
into the lives of journalists, activists, political opposition, and regular
citizens.

*United States:*

*Is the Internet a utility? San Francisco may be the first U.S. city to
answer "yes"
<http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Supervisor-Mark-Farrell-pushes-Internet-for-all-11200875.php?utm_content=buffer28420&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer>*

In a city where so much information is tweeted, emailed, Skyped or texted,
thousands of people are getting left behind.

*Digital divide persists even as lower-income Americans make gains in tech
adoption
<http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/22/digital-divide-persists-even-as-lower-income-americans-make-gains-in-tech-adoption/>*

Nearly 30 years after the debut of the World Wide Web, internet use,
broadband adoption and smartphone ownership have grown rapidly for all
Americans – including those who are less well off financially. But even as
many aspects of the digital divide have narrowed over time, the digital
lives of lower- and higher-income Americans remain markedly different.

*United States ranks only 10th fastest average Internet connection
worldwide <http://fortune.com/2017/06/02/internet-speed-akamai-survey/>*

Internet connections are getting faster in the United States, but several
other countries are outpacing it.

*David Redl Nominated to Head NTIA
<http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/redl-nominated-head-ntia/165882#.WRujY0SKkH4.twitter?platform=hootsuite>*

David Redl, chief counsel of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, has
been nominated by President Donald Trump to be assistant secretary for
Communications & Information at the Department of Commerce.

*Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Protecting U.S. Infrastructure,
Homeland Security
<https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-signs-executive-order-aimed-at-protecting-u-s-infrastructure-homeland-security-1494527015?platform=hootsuite>*

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a wide-ranging executive order
aimed at bolstering U.S. cybersecurity, setting the stage for modernization
of the government’s aging information technology infrastructure, in part by
moving toward cloud computing.

*Canada*

*Government of Canada launches $50-million coding program for young
Canadians
<https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2017/06/government_of_canadalaunches50-millioncodingprogramforyoungcanad.html?platform=hootsuite>
*

Young Canadians will get the skills they need for the well-paying jobs of
the future as a result of a $50-million program that gives them the
opportunity to learn coding and other digital skills.

*Internet service fully restored after Northwestel repairs damaged fibre
optic cable west of Yellowknife
<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/northwestel-yellowknife-disruption-1.4159115?platform=hootsuite>*

Northwestel is reporting internet, telecom and cellphone service have been
fully restored in the Yellowknife region, including Behchoko, after
disruptions Tuesday afternoon that began at approximately 1 p.m.

*Making Sense of Jean-Pierre Blais
<http://www.tmdenton.com/index.php/easyblog/entry/making-sense-of-jean-pierre-blais?platform=hootsuite>*

My learned colleague Michael Geist has published an appreciation of the
departing chairman of the CRTC, Jean Pierre Blais. I am glad he has done so
because he reminded me of several aspects of Blais’ term that were highly
positive innovations. The most important of them was to make the Internet
the foremost consideration of policy, and on this I would like to dwell.

*Canada’s privacy czar raises flag over planned U.S. border password
searches
<https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadas-privacy-czar-raises-flag-over-planned-us-border-password-searches/article35148587/?click=sf_globefb>*

Canadian privacy could be imperiled by apparent U.S. plans to demand
cellphone and social media passwords from foreign visitors, a federal
watchdog says.

*Iqaluit Mayor: Slow Internet Holds Back Canada's Eastern Arctic
<https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/05/23/iqaluit-mayor-slow-internet-holds-back-canadas-eastern-arctic>*

Without a high-speed fiber-optic link, Nunavut remains dependent on a
sluggish, satellite-based internet service. That’s increasingly a problem
for the territory’s economy and government, says Madeleine Redfern, the
mayor of Nunavut’s capital, Iqaluit.

*Dempster Highway fibre optic line cost could soar to $80M, twice the
original estimate
<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/dempster-highway-fibre-line-cost-1.4120725?platform=hootsuite>*

An engineering report recently done for Northwestel found the cost of a
proposed fibre optic line up the Dempster Highway could be more than double
the original estimate.

*ISOC’s Work:*

*Our Policy Statement at the WSIS Forum: The answer lies in partnerships.
Support Your Local Heroes!
<https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2017/06/isoc%E2%80%99s-policy-statement-wsis-forum-support-your-local-heroes>
*

The WSIS +10 Review made explicit the link between the WSIS process and the
2030 Agenda. A link that highlights the unprecedented ability for
information technology to support human progress, and to reduce the world’s
geographic and social barriers. A link that clearly demonstrates that
connectivity enables socio-economic development.

*What net neutrality is (and isn't)
<https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/north-america-bureau/2017/05/what-net-neutrality-and-isnt?platform=hootsuite>*

There are few Internet policy issues as divisive as net neutrality, neither
are there many issues that apparently elicit such passion. At the root of
the debate is, in my opinion, not necessarily the principles of net
neutrality; rather, I believe it is in the mechanism used to enforce it.

*The Future Internet I Want for Me, Myself and AI
<https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2017/06/future-internet-i-want-me-myself-and-ai>*

Artificial Intelligence has the potential to bring immense opportunities,
but it also poses challenges.

*Upcoming Events:*

*6/26-28/17 – US Ignite, **Smart Cities Innovation Summit*
<http://smartcitiesinnovation.com/>*, Austin, TX*

*6/15/17 – Qualcomm, **5G Promises The Massive Internet of Things But do we
have to wait for 5G?,*
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__pages.questexweb.com_Qualcomm-2DRegistration-2D061517.html-3Fsource-3Dblast1-26mkt-5Ftok-3DeyJpIjoiWW1Zd1l6bGpabUl5WWpJeCIsInQiOiJDWE5QU2tEbnFTWUZ3SFpaT1laZm91clg1TEZTUVFDM0E5TW1kN0JHTHQxNlRoVVdXQWw3V24xNVY1dGNsMlpONkdnZlJFaVwvQ2NzSWFPQXQ1T0NcL0dPcFdGR1wvK2NLdXkyUCthemFveE82SENEQzh1V2s5MFV0YTQyWTRaSFVLbCJ9&d=DwMFAg&c=udBTRvFvXC5Dhqg7UHpJlPps3mZ3LRxpb6__0PomBTQ&r=sIDHFEiJ2eJ3AinlHb9Wn19ukN-huwXoWTD4OcrrEK4&m=FFFzL35wtkL2Oif3pq0YinZCp5jWom3BFCDcIWO7AxE&s=S1BuKSHvMwj87zD7E_e5b0ZMWUDFVwf8QO36QC1ZhBk&e=>
* Webinar*

*6/16/17 – FCC, **Disability Advisory Committee Meeting*
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.fcc.gov_news-2Devents_events_2017_06_disabilty-2Dadvisory-2Dcommittee-2Dmeeting&d=DwMFAg&c=udBTRvFvXC5Dhqg7UHpJlPps3mZ3LRxpb6__0PomBTQ&r=sIDHFEiJ2eJ3AinlHb9Wn19ukN-huwXoWTD4OcrrEK4&m=FFFzL35wtkL2Oif3pq0YinZCp5jWom3BFCDcIWO7AxE&s=VQZnsER7vGO4eNoDDyrTh0lzqnLxHoYMiA9XoYdHvik&e=>*,
Washington,
D.C. *

*6/16-18/17 – Entertainment Software Association, **E3*
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.theesa.com_article_e3-2Dregistration-2Dopen_&d=DwMFAg&c=udBTRvFvXC5Dhqg7UHpJlPps3mZ3LRxpb6__0PomBTQ&r=qa5yCpuvdcEf4WS2qzGAB_jRuXcah-g43Sf6bMDYLVR3irXv2fWXK7zsT0Iilyrs&m=QIAWgXbWFxSeH9Zd4qCDY9-D56m731JrYwyww-4KeUs&s=lGwVY9gJO91dWWBj588Pm-UZkJL5nH_p5qIydS2rnWg&e=>*,
Los Angeles, CA*

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If you have any events, news or announcements you would like to include in
the North American newsletter, please let me know.

Mark Buell

Regional Bureau Director, North America

Internet Society

Skype: mark_at_isoc

Twitter: @mebuell <https://twitter.com/mebuell> and @isoc_na
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