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.
Internet Impact Brief: Proposals to Regulate Content Moderation on Social Media Platforms in Brazil
Internet Impact Brief: India CERT-In Cybersecurity Directions 2022
World Telecommunications Development Conference 2022 Background Paper
World Telecommunication Development Conference 2022 Issues Matrix
How To Protect the Internet from Becoming the Splinternet
Internet Impact Brief: South Korea’s Interconnection Rules
Community Network Readiness Assessment Handbook
Quick Analysis – The Impact of Efforts to Disconnect Russia from the Internet
Internet Impact Brief: Impact of Ukraine’s Requests to Block Russia’s Access to the Internet
Internet Impact Brief: How Refusing Russian Networks Will Impact the Internet
Path to 2025
Internet Impact Brief: Bangladesh: Regulation for Digital, Social Media and OTT Platforms, 2021
Archives
Introduction to DNS Privacy
IPv6 Security Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The Internet Society recognises that global deployment of the IPv6 protocol is paramount to accommodate the present and future growth of the Internet. Given the scale at which IPv6 must ...
10 Goals for Good Privacy Protection Law
9 Steps Companies Must Take to Ensure Data Privacy
2018 Email Marketing & Unsubscribe Audit
The 2018 Email Marketing & Unsubscribe Audit found that the vast majority of audited online retailers have embraced unsubscribe best practices, going beyond mere compliance, and have shown continued improvement ...
Best Practices: Email Unsubscribe
Email is a vibrant channel for marketers to connect with consumers on many fronts, providing an important value exchange between consumers and industry. Marketing emails can range from promotional offers ...
The Internet Society Survey on Policy Issues in Asia-Pacific 2018
The Internet and Extra-Territorial Effects of Laws
How to avoid rule-setting and decision-making that will constrain the Internet around the world
The Internet is global, so regulations and court decisions that affect it may have extra-territorial[1] effects ...ITU Plenipotentiary 2018 – Issues Matrix
Top Tips for Consumers: Internet of Things Security and Privacy
Internet Crossing Borders: Boosting the Internet in Landlocked Developing Countries
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.