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Internet Society

Acronym: ISOC

General Information

Identification Code: 953701819437-32
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Entity Form: Not-for-profit corporation
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 11/5/2015
Last Update: 1/15/2024
EP Accredited Number: 1

Mission & Interests

Goals: The Internet Society (ISOC) is a global non-profit organization with the mission of supporting and promoting the development of the Internet as a global technical infrastructure, a resource to enrich people’s lives, and a force for good in society. ISOC’s work aligns with its goals for the Internet to be open, globally-connected, secure, and trustworthy. We focus on: • Building and supporting the communities that make the Internet work; • Advancing the development and application of Internet infrastructure, technologies, and open standards; and • Advocating for policy that is consistent with our view of the Internet. The Internet Society: • Facilitates open development of standards, protocols, administration, and the technical infrastructure of the Internet. • Supports education, professional development forums for discussion and community building to foster participation and leadership in areas important to the evolution of the Internet.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Culture and media
  • Digital economy and society
  • International co-operation and development
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Research and innovation
  • Single market
Levels of Interest:
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: In the context of the European Union, we target the following policy and legislative initiatives (list not exhaustive): • EU legislative initiatives with impact on Internet governance, in particular but not limited to the Digital Markets Act, the Digital Services Act, the Data Governance Act, the AI Act, NIS 2, EUid, Cyber Resilience Act and cost-sharing proposals. • EU initiatives linked or with impact on encryption, community networks and enhancing the internet infrastructure and its resilience.
Communication Activities: The Internet Society organises and participates in various events linked to internet governance and related policy implementation in Europe. We also publish and make aware reports on the latest developments of the Internet. The list below is indicative of our most recent activities. EuroDIG: The Internet Society is an institutional partner to the regional European Dialogue on Internet Governance, EuroDIG, alongside the European Commission, the Council of Europe and other non-governmental organisations. We pro-actively take part in the planning of the event and contribute to the programme. National Internet Governance Forums (IGF): The Internet Society drives and participates in several national IGFs initiatives in European Member States, often through our Chapters. Global Internet Report 2021: The Internet Society publishes annually a Global Internet Report highlighting and assessing the latest technical and policy developments impacting the Internet. The 2021 report “Staying Connected in a Changing World” can be downloaded here: https://www.internetsociety.org/impact-report/2021/ Policy briefs: The Internet Society publishes policy papers, reports and other documents for sharing insights and vision on how to achieve our mission. Our most recent publications are available here: https://www.internetsociety.org/publications/ Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit: The Internet Society has created a toolkit that helps assess whether a law proposal, business decision or technology could impact the Internet, and how to prevent it from harming what the Internet needs to exist and thrive for all. Some Impact Briefs can be found here: https://www.internetsociety.org/issues/internet-way-of-networking/internet-impact-assessment-toolkit/ Monitoring of Internet shutdowns: The Internet Society publishes Pulse a website that monitors Internet shutdowns to help everyone understand the health, availability and evolution of the global Internet. More information is available here: https://pulse.internetsociety.org/
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: European Multi-Stakeholder Platform on ICT Standardisation#E02758#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2758 #MEMBER #C#Other
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Unofficial groupings

Head Office

Address: 11710 Plaza America Drive, Suite 400
Post Code: 20190 VA
City: Reston
Country: UNITED STATES
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EU Office

Address: Rue d'Arlon 25
Post Code: 1050
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

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Complementary Information: Information of our budget can be found here: https://www.internetsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2024-Action-Plan-EN.pdf (please, read page 22).

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 2
Members F T E: 1.25

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: List of organisation members available at: https://www.internetsociety.org/about-internet-society/organization-members/ Internet Society has over 130 national chapters and Special Interest Groups. the full list is available at: https://www.internetsociety.org/chapters/ The organisational as well as individual members of the Internet Society are based globally, currently present in 233 countries and territories.
Organisation Members: Internet Society supports various initiatives and collaborates with other initiatives aligned with its mission. These include (list not exhaustive) the Global Encryption Coalition (https://www.globalencryption.org/), the Internet Technical Advisory Council (ITAC -- https://www.internetac.org/) to the OECD, the Internet Technical Collaboration Group (https://www.internetcollaboration.org/) and the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MNARS -- https://www.manrs.org/). Additionally, the Internet Society supports the activities of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF -- https://www.ietf.org/) and the Public Interest Registry (PIR -- https://thenew.org/). The full list of initiatives is available here: https://www.internetsociety.org/affiliated-sites/