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 2024
Our roadmap for tackling the threats and challenges for today’s Internet as we look to grow and defend it for future generations.
2023 Year in Review
The Year in Review shows the steps we took in 2023 to ensure the Internet is for everyone. Learn about the positive difference we made for the Internet.
Internet Impact Briefs
Shorter reports that analyze how different policies or new technologies may affect what the Internet needs to exist and thrive.
Global Internet Report (GIR)
From trust to consolidation, access to sustainability, a deep look at the forces shaping our digital future.
Policy Briefs
Our perspective on critical Internet issues, including community networks, encryption, open Internet standards, Internet Exchange Points, and more.
Community Networks: Regulatory issues and gaps – Experiences from India
Internet Society contribution to WTDC 2017
Global Internet Report 2017: Paths to Our Digital Future
New Security Mechanisms for Network Time Synchronization Protocols
NYC Mesh Interim Report June, 2017
NYC Mesh: Internet for Everyone
More than one in four New Yorkers lack access to broadband internet at home, according to the city comptroller ...
Issue Paper: Asia-Pacific Bureau – Digital Accessibility
A Brave New World: How the Internet Affects Societies
Tajikistan Internet Exchange Point Environment Assessment
Ensuring Sustainable Connectivity in Small Island Developing States
Supporting the Creation and Scalability of Affordable Access Solutions: Understanding Community Networks in Africa
The Year that Was: A report on the initiatives and activities of the Asia-Pacific Bureau for 2016
A Case Study in Local Content Hosting: Speed, Visits, and Cost of Access
Archives
Call for submissions by the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression
Please share information concerning the role of relevant standards and Internet governance bodies in protecting and promoting freedom of expression, and how that ...
2016 Email Marketing & Unsubscribe Audit
The 2016 Audit found that the vast majority of top online retailers have embraced unsubscribe best practices that go beyond mere compliance and have shown improvement since 2014 despite more ...
Overview of the Digital Object Architecture (DOA)
Policy Brief: Internet Invariants
Online Identity: Who, Me?
Policy Brief: Zero-Rating
Policy Brief: The Internet of Things
IANA Amicus Brief
RW10k: Combating Spam as Network Operators
Support for the timely transition of IANA Stewardship
The Honorable Charles Grassley
Chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary 135 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510The Honorable Ted Cruz
Chairman, Subcommittee on ...Promoting Content In Africa
Organization Reports
On annual basis, we publish annual reports (an Action Plan and Impact Report), as well as financial reports, annual financial statements, and Form 990s.