Our Impact
We’re connecting the 2.2 billion people worldwide who are still offline, and making the Internet safer and more trustworthy.
For everyone.
2025 Annual Report
2025 Annual Report
In 2025, we worked in 150 countries and territories, supporting community-centered connectivity initiatives, helping safeguard the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, scaling our philanthropic impact through new funding partnerships, and so much more.
The report outlines how our global community rose to the challenge of our ambitious five-year strategy to expand affordable, reliable access and ensure that people everywhere are safe and secure online.
How the Technical Community Runs the Internet
The Internet technical community helps to build and maintain infrastructure, and enables us to communicate safely, affordably, and efficiently online …
From Experience to Curiosity
For Cheryl Langdon-Orr, learning is more than professional development; it’s a way to lead with credibility and care. …
Dangerous US Supreme Court Decision for Online Privacy and Security
Texas’ mandatory age verification law, ruled constitutional by the US Supreme Court last week, risks the privacy, security, and open …
How Educators Run the Internet
Different roles in the Internet ecosystem require different skills, and educators who share their expertise help ensure that the Internet …
How Policy Experts Run the Internet
The Internet is a global resource, so which country gets to govern it? The answer is: all of them and …
Beekeepers in Rural Zimbabwe Embrace Technology to Unlock Progress
Our Zimbabwe Chapter is supporting beekeepers in Marondera with skills training, hive sensors, and a user-friendly mobile app.By enabling beekeepers …
How Nonprofits Run the Internet
A handful of nonprofits in the Internet community manage a lot of the unseen work that makes the Internet function …
No Research, No Internet
The 2025 Network and Distributed Systems Security (NDSS) Symposium showcased cutting-edge research from across industry and academia …
Bridging Tech and Policy: How Cat Easdon is Shaping the Future of Privacy and Security
Privacy engineer Cat Easdon used the Internet Society Early Career Fellowship to help bridge the gap between technology and policy …
Annual Report: © Ann Joesoef, Help shape the future of the Internet: © José Elizeche