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.
How to Talk to Your Manager About Memory Safety
How the Chippewas of Nawash are Bridging the Digital Divide
Sparrow McLeod, a Youth Worker Assistant in Neyaashiinigmiing, dropped out of high school because the lack of Internet connectivity deeply affected her studies after the pandemic.
...Internet Fragmentation: An Explainer
Internet Society’s Submission to the European Commission’s Exploratory Consultation on “The future of the electronic communications sector and its infrastructure”
Encrypted DNS Factsheet
Homomorphic Encryption: What Is It, and Why Does It Matter?
Internet Impact Brief: How Canada’s Online News Act Will Harm the Internet, Restricting Innovation, Security, and Growth of the Digital Economy
Developing Readiness for Community Networks in the Middle East and North Africa
Navigating Digital Sovereignty and Its Impact on the Internet
Perspectives on LEO Satellites
Internet Impact Brief: How the US EARN IT Act Threatens Security, Confidentiality, and Safety Online
Internet Impact Brief: Draft Indian Telecommunication Bill 2022
Archives
ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2020: Background Paper
Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for the Arab States
The Road to Deployment: Network Time Security
Policy Brief: Internet Shutdowns
Internet Society Position on Internet Shutdowns
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
Security Factsheet: Why Should Municipalities Make Network and Data Security a Priority?
Online Trust Audit – 2020 U.S. Presidential Campaigns
2019 Online Trust Audit Methodology
The 2019 Online Trust Audit will represent the 11th independent analysis and benchmark report of the adoption of security standards and responsible privacy practices. This methodology reflects comments received in response to the Internet Society’s ...
Policy Brief: IoT Privacy for Policymakers
The Internet of Things, or IoT, is the latest wave of integration of technology into our lives and surroundings. This rapidly-spreading new generation of devices brings cameras, microphones, sensors, computing, ...
Are Organizations Ready for New Privacy Regulations?
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.