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What is Internet Public Policy?

Our work is based upon our fundamental belief that the Internet is for everyone. In pursuing our objectives, we operate collaboratively and inclusively, working with governments, national and international organizations, civil society, the private sector, and other parties to reach decisions about the Internet that conform to our core values. A primary focus of our public policy work is Internet governance which in 2016 is focused on these three areas:

Our work is informed by the results of our 2015 Internet Governance Survey and we created an Internet Governance Timeline to help track the many events happening over the course of 2016.

How We Work

We work in a multi-stakeholder fashion towards the development of an Open and Sustainable Internet for the benefit of all people. Because the Internet impacts all of us, we work with partners globally of all shapes and sizes to make sure we can address a wide range of social, economic, and policy issues that interfere with an open and sustainable Internet.  For more information regarding our community and partners please visit our Community and Partners Page.

 

Public Policy Blog

  • ISOC At IGF 2015, Day 3: Cybersecurity, Zero-rating, Death and the Internet and much more...

    Day 3 of the 2015 Internet Governance Forum (IGF2015) continues the rapid pace of Internet Society activity, beginning with a main session panel on cybersecurity with ISOC Board of Trustees Chair Bob Hinden. You can see our schedule at:

    https://www.internetsociety.org/igf2015/isoc-schedule#Three

    Please remember that remote participation is possible if you are not in Brazil - and please review our other blog posts about IGF2015 for background. Also, IGF Daily Number 3 is out today with discussion about what happened yesterday.

    As I mentioned, Day 3 begins with a main...

    Public Policy
    Date published 12 November 2015

  • ISOC At IGF Day 2: ISOC Open Forum, IXPs, Encryption, IoT, IPv6 and more

    Before diving into what's on the agenda of "Day 2" of the 2015 Internet Governance Forum (IGF2015) let me first note that yesterday we issued a news release about our President and CEO Kathy Brown's remarks at the IGF 2015 Opening Session:

    Connecting the Unconnected and Building Trust is the Work of our Time

    We would encourage you all to take a look because those two themes of connecting the unconnected and ensuring trust are themes you are going to hear us talking about quite a bit over the next year! (And probably beyond!)

    We also published a video of Kathy Brown's...

    Public Policy
    Date published 11 November 2015

  • Imagine an encrypted world! A workshop at the IGF 2015

    What would a world of pervasive encryption look like?  How would it change the ways in which we use the Internet? How do we get to that world? And how would law enforcement work?

    In the aftermath of Snowden disclosures on pervasive surveillance, there has been a growing interest in the role of encryption as a tool that can protect the confidentiality of users’ communications online.

    For those among you who are not following closely this issue, let’s take a step back: encryption (from the latin word crypt, meaning hidden place) is a means to protect your data from prying...

    Tech Matters, Public Policy
    Date published 10 November 2015

  • Video Available of Kathy Brown's Remarks at IGF 2015 High Level Leaders Meeting

    Yesterday at the 2015 Internet Governance Forum (IGF2015) in Brazil, our President and CEO Kathy Brown gave an inspiring set of remarks in the High Level Leaders Meeting.  Courtesy of some excellent production work by Joly MacFie of our ISOC New York Chapter syncing the audio and video, we're now able to provide you with a video recording of Kathy's remarks:

    In her remarks, Kathy echoed many of the themes she wrote about in her "On My Way to IGF 2015" blog post.

    Please visit our IGF2015 page and our IGF2015-related blog posts for more information about all that...

    Public Policy
    Date published 10 November 2015

  • ISOC At IGF2015, Day 1: WSIS+10, IXPs, Trust, Digital Economy, and the Opening Ceremony

    Today is "Day 1" of the 2015 Internet Governance Forum (IGF2015) and this begins an incredibly packed schedule of many different simultaneous sessions, workshops, roundtables and other events.  First, a quick reminder that all our Internet Society activities today can be found here:

    https://www.internetsociety.org/igf2015/isoc-schedule#One

    Also, please remember that remote participation is possible if you are not in Brazil - and please review our other blog posts about IGF2015 for background.

    Additionally, I'd encourage you all to read this new Huffington Post...

    Public Policy
    Date published 10 November 2015

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