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 2022

In a year of upheaval, the Internet connected us to reliable information, social connection, and opportunity. Find out how we addressed threats and connected underserved populations.

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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.

Wireless for Communities in India: Phase 2 Report

  • Introduced the W4C to Bangladesh and Bhutan through training of trainers workshops.
  • Deployed wireless networks in Tura in Meghalaya, and Baran and Tilonia in Rajasthan.
  • Connected 10 community information ...

Assessment of the impact of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) – empirical study of Kenya and Nigeria

This study quantifies for the first time how IXPs enable Kenya and Nigeria to save millions in telecommunications costs and raise additional revenues in these countries while simultaneously speeding local data exchange, ...

Wireless for Communities in India: Phase 1 Impact Assessment Report

  • Developed a model wireless community network that is replicated in the future phases of the W4C programme.
  • Enabled communities' access to the Internet through the Chanderi Weavers Information Resource ...

Wireless for Communities in India: Phase 1 Impact Study Analysis

  • Developed a model wireless community network that is replicated in the future phases of the W4C programme.
  • Enabled communities' access to the Internet through the Chanderi Weavers Information Resource ...

The Internet Society is a U.S. 501(c)3 tax-exempt charitable organization

The Internet Society is a 501(c) 3 tax-exempt charitable organization formed under the District of Columbia Non-Profit Corporation Act ...

The Relationship Between Local Content, Internet Development, and Access Prices

Report from the Internet Society, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

1. Societies ...

Open Inter-networking

The modern Internet features increasing complexity of uses and demand for bandwidth. The Internet Society believes that an Internet access environment characterized by choice and transparency, ...

Archives

Policy Brief: The Challenge of Spam

The proliferation of spam email presents a harmful, costly, and evolving threat to Internet users. Governments can help reduce the impact of spam by deterring offenders via effective laws and ...

Policy Brief: Privacy

Privacy helps reinforce user trust of online services, yet online privacy is under constant pressure of being undermined. Promoting strong, technologyneutral data-privacy laws, privacy-by-design principles, and ethical data-collection and handling ...

Policy Brief: Open Internet Standards

Open Internet standards are a foundation of the Internet, allowing anyone to set up a new online service and make it available to the rest of the Internet without requiring ...

Policy Brief: Network Neutrality

Network neutrality is a complex and controversial topic and is an important part of a free and open Internet. Enabling access, choice, and transparency of Internet offerings empowers users to ...

Policy Brief: Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)

Internet exchange points (IXPs) can improve Internet quality and affordability in local communities. IXPs help strengthen local Internet connectivity, develop local Internet industry, improve competitiveness, and serve as a hub ...

Policy Brief: Local Content

Creation of and access to relevant local online content in developing countries is an important driver for the adoption and growth of the Internet in those regions. Well-functioning local connectivity, ...

Policy Brief: Internet Interconnection

The success of the Internet depends on reliable, efficient, and cost-effective interconnections among networks. Governments need to create policy and regulatory environments that remove artificial barriers and foster flexibility in ...

Policy Brief: Internet Governance

The term Internet governance refers to the processes that impact how the Internet is managed. The historic and future success of the Internet as an open and trusted platform for innovation ...

Policy Brief: Human Rights

Internet-related government policy, corporate decisions, and technical-development choices influence the extent to which the Internet supports or challenges fundamental human rights. Championing trust, open Internet principles, and dialog among stakeholders ...

The Internet, an Opportunity for Sustainable Development

The greatest challenge facing the world today is the need to achieve sustainable development – development that will bring economic and social progress to all without harming the future of ...

ISOC Comments on WSIS+10 Zero Draft

The Internet Society thanks the co-facilitators for their work in developing the zero draft for the United Nations General Assembly Overall Review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), ...

The Internet of Things (IoT): An Overview

On 15 October 2015 the Internet Society published this 50-page whitepaper providing an overview of the IoT and exploring related issues and challenges. You may download the complete document at ...

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