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 2022
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 2020
Some of our important work in 2020, highlighting how our community has worked together to to build, promote and defend the Internet.
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.
Internet Way of Networking Use Case: Content Filtering
This use case analyzes the effect that government policies requiring content filtering may have on the Internet Way of Networking. To understand how such policies could undermine the Internet’s broader ...
COVID-19 Impact on Internet Performance
White Paper: Considerations for Mandating Open Interfaces
Traceability and Cybersecurity
Traceability, or the ability track down the originator of a particular piece of content or message, is at the center of India’s debate around rules for online platforms and communications ...
Impact of COVID-19 on the Internet Ecosystem in the Middle East and North Africa
Insights from Internet Society’s 2020 Public Pulse Survey
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored how critical the Internet is to daily life – a point further emphasized in a recent public pulse survey from the Internet Society, a global ...
Breaking Encryption Myths
In September 2020, a draft European Commission report called “Technical solutions to detect child sexual abuse in end-to-end encrypted communications” was leaked.1 The report gave an analysis of different ways ...
2020 Indigenous Connectivity Summit Policy Recommendations
Indigenous peoples in North America are pursuing innovative and independent ways to connect to the Internet. They face unique challenges to connectivity and, when it comes to policymaking, they are ...
Internet Way of Networking Use Case: Data Localization
Fact Sheet: Does quantum computing put our digital security at risk?
Info Guide: For Youth by Youth: 3 Ways to ACT
Heading to a protest or just worried about snooping siblings? You definitely don’t want to be SMSing about it. You need something safer.
You need to make sure the apps ...
Info Guide: Virtual schooling: 11 ways to keep your child safe online
Archives
9 Steps Companies Must Take to Ensure Data Privacy
2018 Email Marketing & Unsubscribe Audit
The 2018 Email Marketing & Unsubscribe Audit found that the vast majority of audited online retailers have embraced unsubscribe best practices, going beyond mere compliance, and have shown continued improvement ...
Best Practices: Email Unsubscribe
Email is a vibrant channel for marketers to connect with consumers on many fronts, providing an important value exchange between consumers and industry. Marketing emails can range from promotional offers ...
The Internet Society Survey on Policy Issues in Asia-Pacific 2018
Beyond the Net Impact Report 2017
The Internet and Extra-Territorial Effects of Laws
How to avoid rule-setting and decision-making that will constrain the Internet around the world
The Internet is global, so regulations and court decisions that affect it may have extra-territorial[1] effects ...European Regional Bureau Newsletter – 29 Sep – 5 Oct 2018
- The Commission responded this week to a parliamentary question submitted by a group of ...
European Regional Bureau Newsletter – 22 – 28 Sep 2018
- The Council of the EU adopted on 27 September a regulation setting up a single digital gateway to facilitate ...
Beyond the Net Funding Newsletter – September 2018
ITU Plenipotentiary 2018 – Issues Matrix
European Regional Bureau Newsletter – 8 – 14 Sep 2018
- A new special report on 5G networks by the Financial Times, highlights the criticism of telecom operators and US regulators ...
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.