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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 2026

From our strategic vision to specific goals, read about how we’ll be advancing our five-year strategy in the coming year.

2019-2024 Impact Results

Our Impact Report is a snapshot of how we worked with our global community to grow, promote, and defend the Internet worldwide.

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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.

Glossary of Internet Terms

Understand key terms and become fluent in the language of the Internet with our new and improved glossary. 

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Policy Briefs

Our perspective on critical Internet issues, including community networks, encryption, open Internet standards, Internet Exchange Points, and more.

Policy Brief: Spectrum Policy

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

WSIS+20 Zero Draft Matrix – Internet Society Analysis

The Internet Society welcomes the opportunity to submit our comments on the WSIS+20 Zero Draft. We commend the co-facilitators' leadership and openness in facilitating stakeholders’ participation in the WSIS+20 ...

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 technical measures that may create negative externalities to the open ...

Internet Governance and the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

Learn about Internet governance, the multistakeholder approach, and how they are practiced through WSIS and IGF ...

A Pivotal Moment for Global Digital Cooperation

The Internet’s future relies on protecting its core principles, strong multistakeholder collaboration, and implementing the WSIS Action Lines ...

Footprints of 20 Years of the Internet Governance Forum

A joint report by ICANN and the Internet Society details how the Internet Governance Forum has supported a stable and secure Internet, and why that model is now under strain ...

Kazakhstan Internet Landscape

Explore the current state of the Internet in Kazakhstan and the areas for continued development, examining its infrastructure, resilience, regulatory and policy environment, and emerging trends ...

Internet Society’s Comments on India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules 2025

Internet Society's comments and recommendations on India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules 2025 ...

Mobilized Community 2024

Our Mobilized Community report is a small selection of some of the advocacy, mobilization, and capacity-building activities that our community organized, supported, or participated in throughout 2024 ...

Community-Driven IXPs 

This report focuses on community-driven IXPs, which are fundamental in supporting sustainable and resilient Internet infrastructure ...

Policy Strategies for Closing the Digital Divide

Explore tips, resources, and success stories to create inclusive Internet policies that empower local connectivity solutions ...

Internet Impact Brief: Proposals to Regulate Digital Platforms In Brazil, Potential Impacts in the Internet

This Internet Impact Brief analyzes Bill 2630/2020 to examine how this Brazilian legislative proposal may affect the Internet in its founding characteristics and structures ...

Archives

Security Factsheet: Keeping Your Workplace Safe Online

For many of us the Internet is a staple in our day-to-day lives – especially at our jobs. But did you know that by simply connecting your device to WiFi ...

Security Factsheet: Why Should Municipalities Make Network and Data Security a Priority?

Communities can minimize risk by being intentional about how and by whom networks and devices are used. These are eight best practices for municipal governments to optimize security ...

Encryption: Essential for the LGBTQ+ Community

For some communities, like LGBTQ+ communities, encryption is especially crucial in keeping people safe both online and in real life ...

Online Trust Audit – 2020 U.S. Presidential Campaigns

Given increased concerns about security and privacy in the political realm and the continuing drumbeat of high-profile data breaches, we conducted an Audit of the websites and email practices of ...

2019 Online Trust Audit Methodology 

The 2019 Online Trust Audit will represent the 11th independent analysis and benchmark report of the adoption of security standards and responsible privacy practices. This methodology reflects comments received in response to the Internet Society’s ...

Policy Brief: IoT Privacy for Policymakers

The Internet of Things, or IoT, is the latest wave of integration of technology into our lives and surroundings. This rapidly-spreading new generation of devices brings cameras, microphones, sensors, computing, ...

Are Organizations Ready for New Privacy Regulations?

Based on 1,200 privacy statements, many are not prepared for coming regulations ...

2019 Online Trust Audit and Honor Roll

The 2019 Online Trust Audit & Honor Roll will represent the 11th independent analysis and benchmark report of the adoption of security standards and responsible privacy practices. 

Sites  are eligible to ...

2018 Cyber Incident & Breach Trends Report

This year’s report includes ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, connected device vulnerability, and more ...

Policy Brief: Principles for Responsible Data Handling

More and more of our activities generate data which is collected and used in ways we don't see and can't control. While the data is used for ...

The State of User Privacy and Trust Online

In the 2019 CIGI-Ipsos Global Survey on Internet Security and Trust, Internet users point to cybercriminals, Internet companies, other Internet users, and governments as major sources of their distrust in ...

Net Neutrality Experts’ Roundtable Series Process Report

The United States needs an approach that upholds the core principles of an open Internet and provides market stability; it also needs a solution that puts consumer rights at the ...

Annual Reports and Financials

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

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