On September 11th to 15th 2016, Psiphon attended the first Asia Pacific School of Internet Governance (APSIG) hosted in Bangkok, Thailand.

The weeklong regional school took place at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), where more than 30 participants from various countries in Asia Pacific came together to share their experience and knowledge on the Regional Internet Governance issues. Organized by the Internet Education and Research Laboratory (inTERLab), the five-day workshop featured keynote speakers from various backgrounds such as international organizations, academic institutes, civil society, government and business sectors. These organizations include: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), OpenNet Korea and Com First India.

As a software company that develops a trusted tool that enables unrestricted Internet content access, Psiphon was very excited to share its feedback on Internet Governance issues, including the improvement of public awareness on Internet content freedom in the Asia Pacific Region. We were extremely happy to connect with established users, within the school, to collect and understand feedback provided in regards to our software. Furthermore, Psiphon built relationships with new users from South and Southeast Asian countries, such as Thailand, Pakistan and Philippines. During the role-play workshops, Psiphon contributed to the final report on the facilitation of new Internet users in the next decade. This report is now available on the APSIG official website at apsig.asia.

APSIG is a pilot program envisioned by Dr. Kilnam Chon and the next APSIG will also be hosted in Bangkok, Thailand.
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On August 20th and 21st, Psiphon joined the 16th annual Toronto Chinatown Festival for the first time as one of the event sponsors.

In this 2 day event, Psiphon raised public awareness on Internet content access by reaching out to over 200,000 participants and educating more than 200 visitors on Psiphon’s software. Psiphon has also given out 10 visitors a free month of Psiphon Pro and custom made festival giveaways to booth visitors during the event.

As an important neighborhood in the downtown core, Chinatown BIA hosts the Toronto Chinatown Festival every year aiming to bring upon pan-Asian community in the city to celebrate its rich cultural heritage.

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Did you know that Cuba is one of the countries with the most restricted internet access in the world? Home internet access is forbidden, and even though the government is introducing more and more public WiFi spots, they cost 2$ an hour, which in Cuba is one tenth of the monthly wage. Even then users cannot surf the web freely - they are subject to government surveillance and anti-government websites are blocked. Internet speeds are extremely slow.

Psiphon was in Miami this month at the Cuba Internet Freedom Forum , a conference to discuss and exchange ideas, look at the current state of the internet in Cuba and look for ways to support its growth.

Tell all your Cuban friends that Psiphon will help them access the open free internet!