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.
Mandated DNS Blocking: Critical Considerations
Mandated DNS blocking is the wrong tool for public policy enforcement. The DNS exists to make the Internet usable, not …
Policy Brief: Open Internet Standards
By actively promoting and formally recognizing open standards in public policy, we can protect the building blocks that enable interoperability, …
Policy Brief: Internet Shutdowns
This policy brief urges policymakers to adopt policies that eliminate shutdowns as a tool and to analyze and weigh the …
ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference 2025 (WTDC-25) Background Paper
This background paper is intended to provide the Internet Society community and interested parties with a general overview of the …
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 …
Policy Matters: Glossary of Key Internet Policy Terms
The Glossary of Key Internet Policy Terms offers quick and straightforward explanations of key Internet policy-related vocabulary …
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 …
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 …
