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 2025
Our 2025 Action Plan outlines our priorities in 2025, the first year of our 2030 Strategy.
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.
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.
Policy Briefs
Our perspective on critical Internet issues, including community networks, encryption, open Internet standards, Internet Exchange Points, and more.
Delivering on a Five-Year Strategy
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 Consultation Response to the Home Office
A Policy Framework for Internet Intermediaries and Content
Intermediary functions are crucial to the Internet’s existence. This paper provides a framework for understanding Internet intermediary functions and developing policy concerning responsibility for online content without harming individuals’ ...
2025 Action Plan
ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2024 Matrix
Case Study: Canada’s Online News Act Hurt Journalism, Competition, and the Internet
Traceability in End-to-End Encrypted Environments
The Olympics and the Internet: A Timeline
2024 East Africa Submarine Cable Outage Report
Preemptive Monitoring in End-to-end Encrypted Services
ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2024: Background Paper
Internet Society’s Submission to the Consultation on the European Commission’s White Paper on “How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs?”
Archives
Encryption: Essential for the LGBTQ+ Community
Online Trust Audit – 2020 U.S. Presidential Campaigns
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?
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
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
Net Neutrality Experts’ Roundtable Series Process Report
Net Neutrality Legislation: A Framework for Consensus
Note: The Net Neutrality Principles do not represent the views of the Internet Society, nor any of its Chapters, members, partners or any of the participating organizations. Rather, they ...
Enhancing IoT Security: Final Outcomes and Recommendations Report
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.