Open Internet standards are the cornerstone of the Internet’s success, and the processes for creating them must remain open ...

This policy brief urges policymakers to adopt policies that eliminate shutdowns as a tool and to analyze and weigh the effects of restricting access.

The Internet is no longer optional infrastructure—it is essential to people’s lives and livelihoods. It connects families, drives economies, and underpins the exchange of knowledge and information ...

The Internet is as vast and diverse as the people around the world who use it every day. Because of this diversity—both in uses and users alike—there are countless topics or initiatives we could focus ...

The Internet Society at IGF 2025 in Norway (The Who, What, When, Where, and Why) The Internet Society will be attending IGF 2025 in Norway. Find out what we'll be doing, why, and where ...

The Internet is for everyone. But for that to be a reality, we need more than to connect the unconnected: we need to make access meaningful. ...

So you’ve decided you want to start a new Internet Society Chapter – great news! Before you start, it’s a good idea to do some groundwork and think about what exactly you want to get done. From ...

Once you have successfully applied for the Chapter and have gone through the review process, you will receive the Internet Society Chapter Charter agreement which outlines the support the Chapter will ...

Q1: What is the “New IP” proposal? Who is promoting it and supporting it? A: Originally, “New IP” was a set of proposals that were submitted by Huawei to the ITU-T’s Telecommunications Standardization ...

This is a discussion paper. This paper represents the Internet Society’s emerging opinion, but does not represent a final Internet Society position. Instead, we intend it as a means to gather ...

As proponents of new interconnection rules in Europe champion a new settlement regime, based on a model of “sending party pays”, there is one important question looming over the debate: why are ...