Resource Library
Everyone should have access to an open and trusted Internet.
Read our reports, papers, and other documents for insight and vision on how we can get there.
Action Plan 2025
Our 2025 Action Plan outlines our priorities in 2025, the first year of our 2030 Strategy.
2019-2024 Impact Results
Our Impact Report is a snapshot of how we worked with our global community to grow, promote, and defend the Internet worldwide.
Internet Impact Briefs
Shorter reports that analyze how different policies or new technologies may affect what the Internet needs to exist and thrive.
Glossary of Internet Terms
Understand key terms and become fluent in the language of the Internet with our new and improved glossary.
Policy Briefs
Our perspective on critical Internet issues, including community networks, encryption, open Internet standards, Internet Exchange Points, and more.
Internet Governance and the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
Learn about Internet governance, the multistakeholder approach, and how they are practiced through WSIS and IGF ...
A Pivotal Moment for Global Digital Cooperation
The Internet’s future relies on protecting its core principles, strong multistakeholder collaboration, and implementing the WSIS Action Lines ...
Footprints of 20 Years of the Internet Governance Forum
A joint report by ICANN and the Internet Society details how the Internet Governance Forum has supported a stable and secure Internet, and why that model is now under strain ...
Kazakhstan Internet Landscape
Explore the current state of the Internet in Kazakhstan and the areas for continued development, examining its infrastructure, resilience, regulatory and policy environment, and emerging trends ...
Internet Society’s Comments on India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules 2025
Internet Society's comments and recommendations on India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules 2025 ...
Mobilized Community 2024
Our Mobilized Community report is a small selection of some of the advocacy, mobilization, and capacity-building activities that our community organized, supported, or participated in throughout 2024 ...
Community-Driven IXPs
This report focuses on community-driven IXPs, which are fundamental in supporting sustainable and resilient Internet infrastructure ...
Policy Strategies for Closing the Digital Divide
Explore tips, resources, and success stories to create inclusive Internet policies that empower local connectivity solutions ...
Internet Impact Brief: Proposals to Regulate Digital Platforms In Brazil, Potential Impacts in the Internet
This Internet Impact Brief analyzes Bill 2630/2020 to examine how this Brazilian legislative proposal may affect the Internet in its founding characteristics and structures ...
Delivering on a Five-Year Strategy
This report is a snapshot of how we worked with our global community to overcome major challenges and exceed our ambitious goals over the past five years ...
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 Consultation Response to the Home Office
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 Consultation Response to the Home Office by Internet Society ...
A Policy Framework for Internet Intermediaries and Content
Intermediary functions are crucial to the Internet’s existence. This paper provides a framework for understanding Internet intermediary functions and developing policy concerning responsibility for online content without harming individuals’ ...
Archives
ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2020 Issues Matrix
The chart available in the PDF version of the document summarizes the proposed changes to Internet related WTSA-16 resolutions (including new resolutions) in an effort to identify issues, areas ...
Internet Governance in the Middle East and North Africa
The Internet is a ‘network of networks’ made up of tens of thousands of networks that interconnect and route traffic efficiently between end points. While the interconnections and routing of ...
Policy Toolkit on IoT Security and Privacy
The Policy Toolkit on IoT Security and Privacy is a practical resource for policymakers and regulators to strengthen the security and privacy of IoT systems to protect individuals, businesses and ...
ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2020: Background Paper
This background paper is intended to provide the Internet Society community and interested parties with an outline of the objectives and key issues concerning the Internet to be addressed at ...
Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for the Arab States
As many Arab states continue to modernize and diversify their economies with a focus on digital services, trade and e-government, both the opportunities and threats of the Internet are amplified ...
The Road to Deployment: Network Time Security
The presentation by Karen ‘O’Donoghue at LACNIC 33 ...
Policy Brief: Internet Shutdowns
An Internet shutdown can be defined as an “intentional disruption of Internet or electronic communications, rendering them inaccessible or effectively unusable, for a specific population or within a location often ...
Internet Society Position on Internet Shutdowns
The Internet Society believes Internet shutdowns harm societies, economies, and the global Internet infrastructure ...
A Multi-Stakeholder Model in ICT Policymaking
The multistakeholder model, an established approach for Internet governance, lends itself to ideal use in policymaking for the digital era--an environment that is increasingly made up of various actors that ...
Security Factsheet: Keeping Your Workplace Safe Online
For many of us the Internet is a staple in our day-to-day lives – especially at our jobs. But did you know that by simply connecting your device to WiFi ...
Security Factsheet: Why Should Municipalities Make Network and Data Security a Priority?
Communities can minimize risk by being intentional about how and by whom networks and devices are used. These are eight best practices for municipal governments to optimize security ...
Online Trust Audit – 2020 U.S. Presidential Campaigns
Given increased concerns about security and privacy in the political realm and the continuing drumbeat of high-profile data breaches, we conducted an Audit of the websites and email practices of ...
Annual Reports and Financials
On annual basis, we publish annual reports (an Action Plan and Impact Report), as well as financial reports, annual financial statements, and Form 990s.