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.

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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.

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Impact Report 2021

As the world is shifting, we need the Internet more than ever. Learn what the Internet Society is doing to help ensure no one is left behind.

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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.

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

This use case analyzes the effect that government policies regarding data localization may have on the Internet Way of Networking ...

Fact Sheet: Quantum Physics and Computing

A paper explaining how quantum computing and encryption are related ...

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 ...

Virtual Schooling

Take a look through our back-to-school checklist that aims to help you, as a parent or guardian, make sure your child stays safe while learning online ...

Intermediary Liability Survey: Latin America

This report is a product of a crowdsourcing exercise designed to map current existing intermediary liability regimes in Latin American countries. Such an exercise was conducted with the full support ...

Internet Way of Networking Use Case: Intermediary Liability

Intermediary liability protection and the Internet Way of Networking ...

Internet Way of Networking Use Case: Interconnection and Routing

How regulatory policy on routing and interconnection, and reduced autonomy of operators impact the Internet Way of Networking ...

The Internet Way of Networking: Defining the critical properties of the Internet

To sustain the Internet’s value for our future, we need to recognize and protect what makes it unique ...

Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit: Introduction

The Internet Way of Networking is a positive framework that lets us test whether new ideas support the best potential of the Internet ...

The Impact of Internet Access in Indigenous Communities in Canada and the United States

This report provides an overview of findings to date on the impacts of the Internet in Indigenous communities in Canada and the United States ...

Statement to U.S. Congress Hearing on “Addressing the Urgent Needs of Our Tribal Communities”

When we can bring broadband to the most remote and hard-to-connect communities, we pave the way for other rural communities to find connectivity solutions ...

Archives

2017 Email Marketing & Unsubscribe Audit

The 2017 Audit found that the vast majority of audited online retailers have embraced unsubscribe best practices, going beyond mere compliance, and have shown improvement since 2014 despite expanded and ...

Issue Paper, Asia-Pacific Bureau: Internet of Things

Building on the framework and concepts presented in the Internet Society Policy Brief on the Internet of Things, this issues paper focuses on concerns and good practices ...

Issue Paper, Asia-Pacific Bureau: Digital Safety of Children and Youth

This issues paper builds on two Internet Society reports, “Children and the Internet” and “Mapping Online Child Safety in Asia-Pacific” to discuss the challenges and opportunities related to the digital ...

Issue Paper, Asia-Pacific Bureau: Local and Localised Content

Building on the key considerations and guiding principles presented in the Internet Society Policy Brief on Local Content, this issues paper focuses on the challenges and opportunities ...

Promoting the African Internet Economy

Author: Michael Kende

Michael Kende is a Senior Fellow at the Internet Society. Many thanks to Dawit Bekele for his leadership and vision, and to Sally Wentworth, Konstantinos Komaitis, Jane ...

Internet Access and Education: Key considerations for policy makers

The Internet has immense potential to improve the quality of education, which is one of the pillars of sustainable development. This Internet Society briefing outlines ways in which policymakers can ...

Policy Brief: Spectrum Approaches for Community Networks

Community networks are built and operated by people in the community; they are the result of people working together, combining their resources, organizing their efforts, and connecting themselves to close ...

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 ...

Internet Society contribution to WTDC 2017

The Internet Society submitted the attached contribution to the ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference 2017 (WTDC 2017). The document is available in French and Spanish by the use of the ...

Best Practices: Botnets

A "bot" or "botnet" is a program installed on a system to enable that system to automatically (or semi-automatically) perform a task or set of tasks typically under the command ...

Best Practice: Extended Validation Certificates (EVSSL)

We increasingly live, interact, and do business online, making the concept of online trust more important than ever before. Unfortunately, our increased reliance on Internet-based transactions has also ...

Best Practices: Certificate Types

E-commerce has grown at exponential rates, with consumers recognizing the convenience of purchasing online and making secure and private transactions. This growth rests upon a foundation of trust. People trust ...

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.

See the Reports