2017 written as fireworks

The Internet Society’s 25th Year

 
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Growing our global community

 

3

New Special Interest Groups created

 

8

New Internet Society Chapters recognized

 

130

Internet Society Chapters and Special Interest Groups currently active

 
 
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Supporting people who make a difference

 

109

Chapter and Community projects in 57 countries received funding from the Internet Society

46

Policy Fellows participated in Internet Engineering Task Force meetings

16

Ambassadors participating in the Internet Governance Forum representing 14 countries

25

Youth@IGF Fellows

 
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Celebrating 25 years of advocacy

 

Special edition of InterCommunity spanned over 18 hours, with members joining online and from more than 70 locations

14 new inductees welcomed into the Internet Hall of Fame

25 young innovators recognized for their work using the Internet as a force for good

Launched first-of-its-kind report on the future of the Internet reflecting views from members in 160 countries

 
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Strengthening connections

 

10

Community Networks supported or in development across 4 regions

23

IXPs & IXP communities developed or supported

5

Peering Forums held or supported

30

Network Operator Groups Supported/Communities Built

 
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Building trust

 

MANRS has grown to 50 participants and 160 individual ASNs

Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines developed for Africa

5 APAC Privacy Workshops held

OTA released 9th annual Trust Audit; reviewed more than 1000 websites

 
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Working around the globe

 

23

Countries with Internet Society staff

 

38

Languages spoken by Internet Society staff

 

95

Internet Society full-time staff members

 
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Reaching out to the world

 

3,671

Internet Society media hits

116

Events livestreamed

38,100

Followers of @internetsociety on Twitter

 

2,797,975

Visitors to www.internetsociety.org

201,989

Likes for the Internet Society on Facebook

92,586

Website sessions from social

 

5,300,000

Tweet impressions

 
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