Internet Day is an event celebrated in Mexico, Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Spain, Colombia, Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, and other parts of the world on October 29, promoted by the Association of Internet Users and by the Internet Society, respectively. It was celebrated for the first time on October 29, 2005. Shortly afterwards, at the Summit of the Information Society celebrated in Tunisia in November 2005, it was decided to propose to the UN the designation of October 29 as the World-wide Day of the Information Society, which resulted in Internet Day being celebrated on that day. Internet Day aims to show the possibilities offered by new technologies to improve standards of living by giving people more understanding of technology and its functions. The Internet Day celebration in its first edition took place on October 25, 2005. On that date were held over 400 events in more than 8,000 locations in 31 provinces of 17 regions. More than 200 public and priva...
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