As #RPKI adoption continues to grow, understanding its impact on BGP performance becomes increasingly important, writes Samuele Quinzi pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...

Do RPKI Updates Affect the Internet's Stability? | ISOC Pulse

As RPKI adoption continues to grow, understanding its impact on BGP performance becomes increasingly important.

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The need to better understand the behavior of the submarine cable network has never been more urgent. Researchers have developed a new methodology using publicly available infrastructure that captures more accurate profiles of their behavior. Learn more pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...

Increasing the Resolution of Submarine Cable Network Performance | ISOC Pulse

Researchers have developed a new methodology using publicly available infrastructure that captures more accurate profiles of subsea cable behavior.

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A Circular Letter issued by the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs in September 2024 has led to a 11% increase in #IPv6 adoption in the world's 4th-most populous country, from 15% to 26% pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...

Government Directive Boosting Indonesia’s IPv6 Adoption — Internet Society Pulse

IPv6 adoption in Indonesia has increase from 15% to 26% in the last 12 months.

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Human error-attributed misconfigurations are the leading cause of security and privacy incidents in cloud services, writes Sumair Ijaz Hashmi pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...

Mapping Community Responses to Cloud Security Misconfigurations — Internet Society Pulse

Human error-attributed misconfigurations are the leading cause of security and privacy incidents in cloud services.

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@ooni.org's longitudinal data reveals several key trends in how Internet censorship is evolving globally, including targeted, intermittent blocks for short-term control, and long-term blocks for systemic suppression pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...

Measuring Internet Censorship: Challenges, Trends, and Impact — Internet Society Pulse

OONI crowdsourced network measurement data enables research and supports advocacy and rapid response to Internet censorship events.

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For rural Internet connectivity decisions, Starlink's value depends entirely on the availability of alternative connectivity and locally cached content, writes Vasanta Chaganti pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026... #LEO

Measuring Rural Internet Access Across Starlink — Internet Society Pulse

For rural Internet connectivity decisions, Starlink's value depends entirely on what alternative connectivity and locally cached content exist.

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Researchers have proposed that for a network to be considered within the "Internet core," it needs to be reachable by at least 50% of the rest of the active Internet pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...

Understanding Partial Reachability — Internet Society Pulse

Researchers have proposed a new definition that suggests that for a network to be considered within the "Internet core," it needs to be reachable by at least 50% of the rest of the active Internet

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Pulse has so far tracked three election-related Internet shutdown events in 2026, the same number for all of 2025 pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026... #KeepItOn

Are Congo and Uganda Election-related Internet Shutdowns a Sign of Things to Come? — Internet Society Pulse

Pulse has so far tracked three election-related Internet shutdown events in 2026, the same number for all of 2025.

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This week, we've been focusing on #IXPs: how they can help us measure Internet trends and their importance during and susceptibility to Internet and power outages. Learn more 🔌 pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026... 📊 pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...

Trends, Transformations, and Regional Dynamics of Internet Interconnection — Internet Society Pulse

Global peering is not contracting; it is undergoing a structural transformation.

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Meet Alfred Arouna from SimulaMet. As part of his 2026 Pulse Research Fellowship, he will be working to improve the transparency of IP blocklists so as to reduce the unintended risks they have pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...

We will be in Jakarta next week for #apricot2026 + our first Pulse Internet Measurement Forum of 2026 #PIMFIndonesia. This hybrid workshop will focus on increasing Internet resilience of schools in Indonesia & APAC. Register to attend virtually pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...

There’s much the Internet measurement research community can learn from understanding users’ behavior pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026...

Unveiling and Engaging with the Humans of Networking Research — Internet Society Pulse

Action research, Participatory Action Research, and Participatory Design approaches should be employed in Internet research studies to integrate community participation directly into the research outp...

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[Blog] Between 2014 and 2023, 154 countries experienced an Advanced Persistent Threat #APT attack pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/a-decad...

A Decade-long Landscape of Advanced Persistent Threats

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Ubiquitous connectivity has remained an unattainable goal in the USA, despite hundreds of billions of dollars in investment, writes Micah Beck pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/the-ubi...

The Ubiquity Tradeoff

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The IODA team completed a comparative analysis of the ongoing Internet shutdown in Iran to shutdowns during Bloody November in 2019, Women Life Freedom Movement in 2022, and the Israel-Iran War in 2025. Please read and reach out with any questions. ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/reports/a-co...

A Comparative Look at Internet Shutdowns in Iran: 2019, 2022, 2025, and 2026

On January 8th, 2026, the Iranian regime implemented an Internet shutdown amidst national protests. This shutdown is the most sophisticated and most severe in Iran’s history. IODA's longitudinal view ...

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Researchers have proposed a new approach to enhance the accuracy of geolocation and users' privacy, which relies on a trusted third-party authority to verify and attest both a user’s location and the accuracy requirements declared by the service. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/rethink...

Rethinking Geolocation on the Internet

Researchers have proposed a new approach that relies on a trusted third-party authority to verify and attest both a use…

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On Jan-6, Starlink added an additional 6 IPv4 and 1 IPv6 ranges for Venezuela in their geolocation file. Went from 1280 to 2816 unique IPv4 addresses. For more on Starlink geo, see my post for @isoc-pulse.bsky.social: pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/blast-o...

Uganda's Internet connectivity continues to be compromised. See event page for latest pulse.internetsociety.org/en/shutdowns...

Shutdown - Uganda - Internet Society Pulse

Internet Society Pulse Shutdown details for Uganda

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IODA @ Georgia Tech@ioda.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 8mo ago

The Ugandan government has appeared to follow through with a pre-announced Internet shutdown during national elections. IODA data confirms the drop in Internet connectivity. Follow Internet connectivity in Uganda in near realtime […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

As Iran starts to wake, the Internet continues to remain disconnected per @radar.cloudflare.com and @ioda.live Follow updates on @internetsociety.bsky.social Pulse Shutdown Tracker: pulse.internetsociety.org/en/shutdowns...

To make informed decisions about infrastructure planning, energy policy, and digital resilience, decision-makers need access to transparent, #opensource data, writes Alicia Takaoka pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/energys...

EnergySHR: A Platform for Open-Source Data about Energy Transition Infrastructure, and People

To make informed decisions about infrastructure planning, energy policy, and digital resilience, decision-makers need a…

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19 submissions that explained, revealed, and provoked how the Internet could be represented. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/seeing-...

Seeing the Unseen Internet: Lessons from the Internet Visualization Exhibition

The inaugural Internet Visualization Exhibition had 19 submissions that answered and provoked questions about the perfo…

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What if... This was the question we asked our #PIMFspain attendees yesterday to prompt them to consider projects on how to strengthen our view of the Internet's resilience. Stay tuned to their solutions pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...

Attention Internet measurement and visualization students, researchers, and supervisors! Applications for the Pulse 2026 Research Fellowship and Mentorship are now open. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/apply-n...

Apply Now for the 2026 Pulse Research Fellowship and Mentorship

Are you interested in Internet measurements and research and have a project or tool in mind that contributes to upholdi…

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It's less than a week until we kick off Pulse Research Week. Register to join us virtually or in person in Barcelona. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/registe...

Register Now for Internet Society Pulse Research Week, Barcelona, Spain, Hybrid

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Register now for our inaugural Pulse Research Week, happening in Barcelona, Spain (and online) from 8-11 December. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/registe...

An improved understanding of the geolocation of Internet infrastructure facilitates research & measurement, operational standards, and Public policy surrounding infrastructure equity, resilience, and concentration. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/the-ale...

The Aleph (ℵ): Revealing the Internet’s Hidden Geography from the DNS

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When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the negative effects were visible in both the physical and digital worlds. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/when-ro...

Borges is a new Internet ownership mapping tool that combines WHOIS registry data, PeeringDB records, website signals, and large language models (LLMs) to uncover related networks that traditional methods often miss. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/mapping...

For those who experienced Internet issues this week due to the #Cloudflareoutage, here is a visual of why so many were affected globally. Read today's post to learn what percentage of the top 1,000 websites are hosted by which providers in your country pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/how-con...

@amreeshphokeer.bsky.social and @robbiemitch.bsky.social are presenting at the @internetsociety.bsky.social Pulse Internet Measurement Forum in India today #PIMFindia. Follow us virtually pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...

Following a platform-wide outage in November 2022, #Starlink published a significantly different IP geolocation file, which included for the planet Mars: 98.97.73.224/27,XX,XX-XY,Mars Learn more in @eldomador.bsky.social's latest post pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/blast-o...

Blast-Off: 3.5 Years of Starlink’s Growth (Part 2)

Starlink’s IP geolocation data shows the use of the satellite Internet service in isolated and disputed territories, an…

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