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What the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Debacle Means for Nonprofits Online

By Brian Cute, CEO of Public Interest Registry Internet users around the world are still reeling from the news that Cambridge Analytica found a loophole that allowed them to use the data of a reported 50 million Facebook users to potentially influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. A #DeleteFacebook campaign is underway with many high-profile Facebook users calling on people to delete their Facebook accounts because of the company’s mishandling of personal data. What does this mean to nonprofits that are online and why should they care? Let’s look at what happened. Collecting data and profiling Facebook users Cambridge Analytica, a data firm based in the United Kingdom, harvested profile data from more than 50 million Facebook users – without their consent – to create a user profiling methodology to try to influence potential voters in political campaigns. Cambridge Analytica’s massive database of Facebook user profiles was used to target

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4 Things to Do on World Backup Day to Protect Your Data

This is a guest post authored by Brent Scott, a Cybersecurity Advocacy Writer at LifeLock The ugly truth is, cybercrime is becoming strikingly widespread. An attack can happen to anyone, yet nonprofits and NGOs are increasingly prime targets, thanks to the donor and financial data they hold and, in some cases, the causes they support. […]

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Partnership With Native Americans: Supporting Native American Communities in Need #ORGinAction

By Tony Connor, Director of Marketing, Public Interest Registry As a part of our reoccurring #ORGinAction series – which spotlights organizations who trust the .org domain to support their communication efforts – we are happy to introduce you to the Partnership With Native Americans (PWNA) who was also this year’s #ORGinAction social contest winner! PWNA […]

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Why Public Interest Registry Continues to Push for Global Internet Access

By Brian Cute, CEO of Public Interest Registry It can be easy to forget that there are many people in this world without access to the internet. The digital divide is, in fact, vast. I recently came across a UNICEF video that told the story of 10 young children who gained internet access for the first time after fleeing from their homes in a war-torn country in the Central African Republic. Separated from their families and confused about what was happening, the children searched the internet for relatives as well as answers about why they were forced to leave in the first place. They searched for connections to their home – both in the form of people and information. I encourage you to watch the video here on YouTube. The video is a powerful reminder of the impact the internet can have on a person, on communities, and on the

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NGOs and Data Security: The Pros & Cons of Using Social Media as your Primary Web Presence

Written by Paul Diaz, VP of Policy, Public Interest Registry This post is part of a Public Interest Registry series called “NGOs and Data Security” aimed at providing educational insights to noncommercial internet users around different data and information security themes.     Using social media as your primary online resource can be appealing for NGOs – […]

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Survey Uncovers Global Trends in Technology and Social Media Use Among NGOs

Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good Release the 3rd Annual 2018 Global NGO Technology Report RESTON, Va., January 29, 2018 – Public Interest Registry, the nonprofit operator of the .org domain, and Nonprofit Tech for Good today released the results of the “2018 Global NGO Technology Report.” The third annual report analyzes how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) worldwide use web, email and mobile technology, online fundraising tools and social media, as well as manage data and security. The report details the key findings from a survey of 5,352 NGO respondents from 164 countries across Africa, Asia, Australia & Oceania, Europe, North America and South America. The report provides insight on the online and mobile communication tools NGOs around the world use to promote general awareness, communicate with core audiences and raise funds from donors, as well as an analysis of those online tools and comparisons of regional usage. New

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Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good Release Third Annual Global NGO Technology Report

By: Tony Connor, Director of Marketing, Public Interest Registry Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good today released the results of the third annual Global NGO Technology Report, the only annual research project that analyzes how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide use web, email and mobile technology, online fundraising tools, and social media. In addition, […]

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The Next 15 Years: Public Interest Registry’s Commitment to .org Stewardship

By Marc Saitta, COO, Public Interest Registry We’re starting 2018 in celebration mode here at Public Interest Registry, marking the organization’s 15th anniversary of managing .org. While we continue to celebrate the more than 10.3 million domain names registered worldwide, this celebration also brings about a refreshed recommitment to support the global noncommercial community, and […]

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Looking Back at 15 Years of .org Management

By Brian Cute, CEO, Public Interest Registry Public Interest Registry has much to celebrate this year — January 2018 marks our 15th year managing the .org domain. As our organization has evolved, so has the domain. .org is currently the world’s third largest generic top-level domain with more than 10.3 million domain names registered worldwide. […]

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