Around the world, our 130 chapters and special interest groups work locally, regionally, and globally to keep the Internet a force for good: open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy. November ...

While often well-intentioned, policies requiring age checks create risks for people’s privacy, security, and access to an open Internet.

This brief is the updated version of Unleashing Community Networks: Innovative Licensing Approaches, published on 14 May 2018. Find the previous version on the Web Archive. Executive Summary Community ...

Community networks were not always accepted by the mainstream Internet governance ecosystem. But they have helped connect ...

Find out how the language proposed in the first revision of the WSIS+20 Zero Draft aligns with our vision of an open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy Internet for everyone.

Around the world, our 130 chapters and special interest groups work locally, regionally, and globally to keep the Internet a force for good: open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy. Each ...

Encryption is an essential component of a safe and trustworthy Internet. Weakening it not only undermines personal privacy but also jeopardizes national security and global cybersecurity standards.

The Internet has been around for 50+ years and has become ingrained in many people’s daily lives. Trust in the Internet is crucial for it to provide opportunities and services, but since its inception ...

The Open Fibre Data Standard (OFDS) is an open data, open standards initiative supported by the Internet Society. Put simply, it seeks to develop and implement a standardized way of describing ...

Peering is a fundamental part of how the Internet works. It allows networks to exchange traffic directly, reducing reliance on intermediaries. This improves performance, lowers costs, and increases ...

Ana Carolina Rodrigues Dias Silveira, Ana Paula Camelo, Beatriz Yuriko Schimitt Katano (CEPI FGV Direito SP), Flávio Rech Wagner, Pedro de Perdigão Lana, Raquel Fortes Gatto (Internet Society Brazil ...

In 2003, Joseph Bishi founded a cyber café in Murambinda, a rural area of Zimbabwe with limited Internet access. Armed with dial-up technology, the café became a cornerstone for digital empowerment in ...