Internet Society
Internet development organization
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| April 30 2020 | ICANN officially rejected the proposal to sell the Public Interest Registry to Ethos Capital. |
| February 2020 | The Internet Society's Chapter Advisory Council began the process to adopt a motion potentially rejecting the PIR sale if certain conditions were not met. |
| January 2020 | ICANN halted final approval of the PIR sale after the California Attorney General requested detailed documentation, citing concerns about potential violations of public interest missions. |
| 2019 | The Internet Society agreed to sell the Public Interest Registry (PIR) to Ethos Capital for $1.135 billion, with plans to use the proceeds to fund an endowment. |
| August 2018 | Internet Society organized the IETF more formally as the IETF Administration LLC (IETF LLC), closely associated with and significantly funded by ISOC. |
| 2017 | ISOC's North America Region launched the annual Indigenous Connectivity Summit, first held in Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
| December 2017 | ISOC absorbed the Online Trust Alliance (OTA), a standards body producing annual online trust and cybersecurity resources. |
| 2016 | Deploy 360 extended campaigns to include Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) and DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE). |
| September 2016 | The Internet Society declined to obtain a license to fund activities of Iranian nationals, resulting in the inability to launch an Iranian chapter and revoking a fellowship for an Iranian student to attend the Internet Governance Forum in Mexico. |
| 2012 | ISOC established the Internet Hall of Fame on its 20th anniversary to recognize visionaries and leaders in Internet development. |
| June 6 2012 | ISOC organized World IPv6 Launch, intending to permanently enable IPv6 on participating sites. |
| June 8 2011 | ISOC mounted World IPv6 Day to test IPv6 deployment. |
| 2010 | ISOC launched its first community network initiative, deploying five wireless mesh-based networks in rural locations across India. |
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