Policy Briefs

Our perspective on critical Internet issues, including community-centered connectivity solutions, encryption, online safety, Internet governance, open Internet standards, spectrum policy, and more.

ConnectivityInternet Exchange Points

Policy Brief: Interconnection and Regulated Traffic Obligations

This policy brief examines the growing pressure to regulate the relationships between online services and telecommunications operators …
Internet PolicyPrivacyRebuilding TrustSecurity

Policy Brief: Age Restrictions and Online Safety

While often well-intentioned, policies requiring age checks create risks for people’s privacy, security, and access to an open Internet.  …
Community-Centered ConnectivityConnectivityInternet Policy

Policy Brief: Licensing Approaches for Community-Centered Connectivity

Discover how community-centered connectivity solutions empower underserved areas. Explore updated licensing options and principles for meaningful connectivity today …
Internet GovernanceInternet Policy

Policy Brief: Internet Governance

This policy brief explores the key considerations, challenges, and provides guiding principles of multistakeholder Internet governance of openness, inclusiveness, transparency, …
ConnectivityInternet PolicyOpen Internet Standards

Policy Brief: Enhancing the Resilience of Submarine Internet Infrastructure

This document presents a forward-looking and optimistic approach to enhancing Internet resilience through practical and policy-driven solutions …
How the Internet WorksInternet PolicyOpen Internet Standards

Policy Brief: Open Internet Standards

By actively promoting and formally recognizing open standards in public policy, we can protect the building blocks that enable interoperability, …
ConnectivityInternet PolicyMeasuring the Internet

Policy Brief: Internet Shutdowns

This policy brief urges policymakers to adopt policies that eliminate shutdowns as a tool and to analyze and weigh the …
Community-Centered ConnectivityConnectivityInternet Policy

Policy Brief: Spectrum Policy

We need deliberate policy and regulatory measures to ensure spectrum availability for community-centered initiatives …
Domain Name System (DNS)How the Internet WorksInternet PolicyInternet TechnologiesRebuilding Trust

Policy Brief: Perspectives on Internet Content Blocking

The Internet Society encourages policymakers to prioritize solutions that tackle harmful content at its source, rather than relying on blunt …

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