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.
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.
Tusheti Case Study
Tusheti, Georgia
The Internet Society partnered with its Georgian Chapter and several Georgian Internet organisations to connect the remote and mountainous region of Tusheti to the ...
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
Archives
Promoting Content In Africa
A policy framework for an open and trusted Internet
2016 Honor Roll Methodology
The 2016 Online Trust Audit has evolved over the past 8 years and includes a composite analysis focusing on three major categories; a company’s consumer protection, data and site security ...
2016 Online Trust Honor Roll Leaders
2016 Consumer Brands - Honor Roll Recipients
“Trust is the foundation of the digital economy. The OTA’s Online Trust Audit reinforces the need for all organizations to invest in ...
2016 Online Trust Audit – Industry Support
Industry Leaders Embrace OTA Audit Best Practices
Honor Roll Landing Page | Virtual Press Room | Consumer Brands
"Security and privacy are integral ...
2016 Online Trust Audit and Honor Roll
The primary goal of the Audit and report is to help drive the adoption of best practices and provide prescriptive tools and resources to aid companies in enhancing their security, ...
Policy Brief: Encryption
Policy Brief: Identity on the Internet
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.