Policy Briefs

How we see critical Internet issues.

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Policy Brief: Solving Crime Without Breaking Encryption
Rebuilding Trust 18 June 2026

Policy Brief: Solving Crime Without Breaking Encryption

Protecting strong encryption is not an obstacle to public safety, child protection, or crime prevention. It is a prerequisite...

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Policy Brief: Interconnection and Regulated Traffic Obligations
Connectivity 19 December 2025

Policy Brief: Interconnection and Regulated Traffic Obligations

This policy brief examines the growing pressure to regulate the relationships between online services and telecommunications operators.

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Policy Brief: Age Restrictions and Online Safety
Rebuilding Trust 4 December 2025

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. 

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Policy Brief: Licensing Approaches for Community-Centered Connectivity
Connectivity 28 November 2025

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.

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Policy Brief: Internet Governance
Internet Governance 26 November 2025

Policy Brief: Internet Governance

This policy brief explores the key considerations, challenges, and provides guiding principles of multistakeholder Internet governance of openness, inclusiveness,...

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Policy Brief: Enhancing the Resilience of Submarine Internet Infrastructure
Connectivity 13 November 2025

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.

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Policy Brief: Open Internet Standards
Open Internet Standards 29 October 2025

Policy Brief: Open Internet Standards

By actively promoting and formally recognizing open standards in public policy, we can protect the building blocks that enable...

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Policy Brief: Internet Shutdowns
Connectivity 28 October 2025

Policy Brief: Internet Shutdowns

This policy brief urges policymakers to adopt policies that eliminate shutdowns as a tool and to analyze and weigh...

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Policy Brief: Spectrum Policy
Connectivity 7 October 2025

Policy Brief: Spectrum Policy

We need deliberate policy and regulatory measures to ensure spectrum availability for community-centered initiatives.

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Policy Brief: Perspectives on Internet Content Blocking
Rebuilding Trust 4 September 2025

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...

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Policy Brief: IoT Privacy for Policymakers
Rebuilding Trust 19 September 2019

Policy Brief: IoT Privacy for Policymakers

This policy brief identifies the key privacy challenges and risks arising from IoT devices in our homes, workplaces, and...

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Policy Brief: Principles for Responsible Data Handling
Privacy 2 July 2019

Policy Brief: Principles for Responsible Data Handling

Responsible data handling means applying ethical principles of transparency, fairness and respect to how we treat the data that...

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