Any Global Member in good standing may complete an application. When it is completed the application should be submitted by email to [email protected]. Please note that Chapter applications are valid ...

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 review process, which concluded in December 2025, reaffirmed the multistakeholder model, made the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) permanent, and ...

No challenge in today’s society stands in isolation. The interconnected nature of our world means that a global pandemic influences the world-wide supply chain. Climate change impacts economic growth ...

In 2025, we worked in 150 countries and territories, supporting community-centered connectivity initiatives, helping safeguard the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, scaling our ...

The Mid Career Fellowship lasts for seven months, from June to December. Fellows are responsible for getting all the necessary relevant permissions from their employers or educational institutions to ...

Internet Society Board of Trustees Meeting No. 194: The Board of Trustees invites the Internet Society community to join public sessions of its meetings as observers. These sessions enable attendees ...

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 ...

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 ...

Concerns about so-called “Fair Share” proposals have been central to debates in anticipation of the EU’s Digital Networks Act (DNA). These proposals, requiring large content and application providers ...

Artificial intelligence is a technology that is already impacting how users interact with, and are affected by the Internet. In the near future, its impact is likely to only continue to grow. AI has ...

What is DNS, and Why is it Critical? The domain name system (DNS) [1] is fundamental to everything we do online. Serving as a directory lookup for the Internet, it makes the Internet easier for humans ...

We are very disappointed. The United States, the country that funded the early development of the Internet, is now considering policies that would fracture it into pieces. This is part of a larger ...