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 2023
Our roadmap for tackling the threats and challenges for today’s Internet as we look to grow and strengthen it for future generations.
Impact Report 2022
In a year of upheaval, the Internet connected us to reliable information, social connection, and opportunity. Find out how we addressed threats and connected underserved populations.
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.
Archives
STARTTLS Everywhere
The Electronic Frontier Foundation(EFF) has launched the STARTTLS Everywhere project in an effort to encrypt more communication between Simple Mail Transfer Protocol(SMTP) Message Transfer Agents(MTAs). STARTTLS ...
VPS Providers Supporting IPv6
With Regional Internet Registries(RIRs) quickly running out of IPv4 addresses, more and more cloud computing providers are offering Virtual Private Servers(VPS) for IPv6. The purpose of this resource page ...Four ethical issues in online trust Topics for a moderated workshop
Our experience is in the application of ethical principles to questions of online trust and privacy, and digital identity. Our approach is based on the principle of involving and responding ...
Where Does the Internet Go Next?
The growth of human society has been driven by the development of three key technologies: writing, printing and now the Internet.
From the early scribblings of animals and rituals on ...
The Relationship Between Content Availability and Piracy
DNS Considerations for IPv6
With so much information on IPv6 focusing on connectivity, it's sometimes important to remember that deploying IPv6 for actual use requires changes to the Domain Name System(DNS) as well ...2014 Online Trust Audit and Honor Roll
The 2014 Online Trust Audit includes a composite analysis focusing on three major categories; a company’s data protection, security and privacy practices, including over two-dozen criteria. Sites were eligible to ...
The Internet Society Survey on Policy Issues in Asia-Pacific 2014
Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)
Case Study: IPv6 At The U.S. Census Bureau
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.