On May 15th, ISOC Switzerland Chapter hosted the Public Policy Sessions 2024 including a diverse set of introductory talks and a very interesting panel on the topic of disinformation online, organized by Bernie Hoeneisen, co-founder of ISOC-CH. You can watch the recorded live stream here: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoc-ch-public-policy2024 First, Markus Kummer (ISOC-CH Chapter Advisory Council Representative) introduced... The post Public Policy Sessions 2024 (summary) appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter.

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.

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.

The parliamentary initiative Pult violates the Swiss Federal Constitution, including freedom of expression and information as well as freedom of the media. Therefore ISOC-CH, pEp Foundation and Pirate Party recommend rejection of the parliamentary initiative Pult. The post ISOC-CH, pEp Foundation and Pirate Party recommend rejection of the parliamentary initiative Pult appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter.

Background The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was an outcome of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), held in Tunis in 2005. The Internet was the most controversial issue of the Summit – the main point was whether or not governments should be in charge of the Internet. There were those who argued that... The post The Swiss IGF [https://www.isoc.ch/the-swiss-igf/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].

VIT ‒ Values of Internet Technologies A workshop series by ISOC-CH and p≡p foundation Digital technologies are neither neutral, nor impact-free in our society. This series of six workshops represents a platform for discussions and hands-on training to privacy, anonymity and security online. Concrete tech approaches will be presented and analyzed against bigger socio-political implications... The post Values of Internet Technologies workshop series [https://www.isoc.ch/a-workshop-series-by-isoc-ch-and-p%e2%89%a1p-foundation/] appeared first on ISOC Switzerland Chapter [https://www.isoc.ch].