The Swiss Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-CH) has taken good notice of the statement by the Internet Society regarding the recent revelations of exposure of users’ Facebook data, see: https://www.internetsociety.org/news/statements/2018/sorry-just-isnt-enough-businesses-must-better-comes-peoples-data In addition ISOC-CH endorses the following statement by Privacy International: https://medium.com/@privacyint/move-swiftly-so-they-stop-breaking-things-474dce7f88cd

Since the 2013 Snowden revelations of mass surveillance, the level of trust in Internet services has plunged. While discussions around privacy protection have advanced considerably, little progress has been achieved in designing operational tools that can be used on a daily basis by citizens around the world without a need to reconfigure their digital communications Read more…

In December 2017, the Internet Society Switzerland Chapter took part in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Geneva. Roxana Radu, ISOC-CH Chair, was invited to speak about the Swiss Digital Strategy at the Open Forum entitled Digital Switzerland Strategy – Creating networked transformation processes through dialogue, held on 18 December (the GIP summary report is available here). Read more…

The Chair and Vice-Chair External of ISOC-CH, together with ISOC staff, participated in a joint UN-City of Geneva event called Mix and Match in the evening on 12 December.  The purpose of the event was to encourage residents of Geneva to become more aware of the many international organizations that are based in Geneva. We Read more…

The Vice-Chair External participated in a conference at the University of Lausanne on The Legal Framework for Countering Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content Online, on 8 December. The speakers presented current legal developments in this area, which are mostly about new criminal provisions against terrorist acts and giving new powers to counter-espionage services to block Read more…

On 14 November, the Vice-Chair External participated in a Workshop on Next Generation Internet.  This was part of a European Union Research and Innovation project on that topic, for more information see: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/ict-24-2018-2019.html The workshop in question was one of many which are being carried out around Europe as part of a bottom-up process to Read more…

Richard Hill, our vice-Chair External, has been interviewed by Le Temps in connection with the Internet Governance Forum.  As Richard points out, the IGF is a space for discussion, but not decision-making.  One of the topics raised at this IGF was Microsoft’s proposal for a Digital Geneva Convention.  Richard points out that, while the idea Read more…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Geneva and Zurich, 30 Nov 2017 * * * * * Dear members of the press, The Internet Society Switzerland Chapter (ISOC-CH) and the Swiss p≡p foundation are starting an 18-month long series of workshops as of January 2018 around the Values of Internet Technologies (VIT). This series of six workshops represents Read more…

Elections were held this month for the Steering Committee of the Chapters Advisory Council of Internet Society.  Richard Hill, our Vice-Chair for External Affairs, was re-elected to this position for another year.  ISOC-CH congratulates Richard and thanks all chapters for their support. Nine positions were filled following the elections, one for each geographical region and 3 Read more…

The new Swiss Casino Act proposes to protect Swiss Casinos from foreign competition online using Network Blocking, i.e. means that are not only ineffective but also detrimental to the free and open Internet. We are participating in the campaign to raise awareness around the limitations this imposes on the Internet and the precedent it creates. Read more…