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IEEE Positions

IEEE has adopted the following global public policy statements on issues related to the Internet and Information and Computing Technology:

• Universal Access to the Internet (2021)
  • The Role of Community Networks in Advancing Universal Access to the Internet (2021)
  • The Role of Public Internet Connectivity in Advancing Universal Access to the Internet (2021)
• The Role of the Technical Community in Internet Policy (2021)
• Artificial Intelligence (2019)
• Ethical Aspects of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (2019)

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IEEE Organizational Unit Positions

IEEE also permits its Organizational Units to adopt public policy position statements on issues within their specific geographic, technical or subject-matter scope.  The following position statements represent the views of the specified IEEE Organizational Units that adopted them.  They do not necessarily represent the views of IEEE as a whole, its global membership, or other IEEE Organizational Units.

IEEE-European Public Policy Committee

• Cybersecurity for a Stronger and More Resilient Digital Europe (Position Statement)(December 2020)

IEEE-USA

• Digital Personal Privacy, Awareness and Control (Position Statement) (2021)
• Strengthening Broadband Initiatives (Position Statement) (2020)
• Cybersecurity (Position Statement) (2019)

 IEEE Society of Social Implications of Technology: Australia Chapter

• SSIT-Australia Response to Discussion Paper on Artificial Intelligence: Australia’s Ethics Framework

IEEE Standards Association

• Intelligent Spectrum Allocation and Management (Position Statement) (2018)

IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee

• Expanding Flexible Use in Mid-Band Spectrum Between 3.7 and 24 GHz (Policy Communication/Position) (2017)

IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks Standards Committee (DySPAN-SC)

• Expanding Flexibility in the Spectrum Between 3.7 and 24 GHz Via the use of Spectrum Consumption Models (Policy Communication/Position) (2017)