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 2024
Our roadmap for tackling the threats and challenges for today’s Internet as we look to grow and defend it for future generations.
2023 Year in Review
The Year in Review shows the steps we took in 2023 to ensure the Internet is for everyone. Learn about the positive difference we made for the Internet.
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.
Security Through Encryption and Despite Encryption: An (un)Achievable Outcome?
Internet Governance in the Middle East and North Africa
Moving Toward an Interconnected Africa: The 80/20 Initiative
In 2010, the Africa Internet technical community embraced an ambitious vision to have 80% of all Internet traffic locally accessible with only 20% being sourced internationally by 2020.
...Effective IXP strategies for the Asia-Pacific
The Economic Impact of Laws that Weaken Encryption
Editor's note: The full report and the extracted executive summary are available in pdf format in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and Japanese.
- Full report: English ...
Mauritius IGF and Internet Society Response to Mauritius ICTA Consultation Paper
Encryption unlocks the benefits of a thriving, trustworthy Internet
Guide to Federal Broadband Funding Opportunities in the U.S.
MANRS Community Report 2020
How to Make Sure Section 230 Reforms Don’t Harm the Foundation of the Internet
Author: Katie Watson Jordan
We called it in 2020, and barely two months into the new year the increasing trend in the United States to propose reforms to Section 230 ...
Fact Sheet: Understanding Encryption: The Connections to Survivor Safety
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 ...
Archives
Top Tips for Consumers: Internet of Things Security and Privacy
Internet Crossing Borders: Boosting the Internet in Landlocked Developing Countries
State of IPv6 Deployment 2018
Policy Development Process at the Internet Society
IoT Trust by Design
Internet of Things (IoT) Trust Framework v2.5
Personal Data Protection Guidelines for Africa
Internet Society Background Paper on ITU Plenipotentiary 2018
IoT Security for Policymakers
Best Practices: Enterprise IoT Security Checklist
The Internet of Things (IoT) has found its way into all aspects of our lives. In particular, consumer IoT devices such as smart TVs, thermostats, smart speakers, fitness trackers and ...
Our Former CEO’s Opinion Piece in The Hill Times: Canada’s Unique Opportunity to Lead the Future of the Internet
Do Blockchains Have Anything to Offer Identity?
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.