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.

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Understanding Your Online Identity: Learning to Protect your Identity

Identity theft, which results in a loss of control over one or more of your partial identities, is a natural concern; as the value of your partial identities grows, the ...

Understanding your Online Identity: An Overview of Identity

This paper is intended to help explain the various different identities and profiles that represent you online ...

The Future of Privacy IGF workshop report

A report from a workshop co-organised by the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) at the 2010 Internet Governance Forum (IGF). As countries around the world are ...

Privacy: An Internet Society Membership Survey

Privacy and data protection issues have increasingly gained prominence in Internet governance discussions. Indeed, one of the five themes of the Internet Governance Forum 2010 is “Openness, Security and Privacy”, ...

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, ...

NGN and the Internet

The phrase “Next Generation Network” (NGN) has both a generic and specific meaning. Generically, it is used to refer to “some ...

The Internet and Standards

The Internet is built on technical standards, which allow devices, services, and applications to be interoperable across a wide and disperse network of networks. The Internet Society is the organisational ...

Comments to the Secretary General’s Report April 2009

Following the last meeting of the World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF) Informal Expert Group held on the 24th of June, we have prepared additional comments on the Secretary General’s Report, ...

Preserving the User Centric Internet

This paper, Preserving the User Centric Internet, was developed by the Internet Society in 2007. It is intended to clarify for ...

IPv6 Address Allocation

The growth and success of the Internet continues to depend on collaboratively engineered and operated, robust technical infrastructure. The Internet Society ...

Comments on final SG Report

Comments submitted by Constance Bommelaer on the ITU World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF) Secretary-General’s Report which seeks to encourage contributions from ITU Member States and Sector Members on any of ...

Internet Society comments on the preliminary third draft of the Secretary-General’s Report

Internet Society is pleased to provide the following comments regarding the draft Report on the Second meeting of the IEG: It is our view that it is important the Report ...

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.