Action Plan 2024 – Internet Society

Action Plan 2024
The Internet has become an indispensable resource for information, communication, and human connection. It has fueled extraordinary economic growth and catalyzed social progress.
Yet, although the Internet uplifts people and enables communities to thrive, access to it remains limited. And some of those who have it are damaging it.
It is portrayed as a dangerous, untrustworthy space where bad actors and disinformation lurk. It is compromised by industrial interests that want to own it all and by governments who want to control it, fragment it, or shut it down completely.
The Internet is not a given constant that we can take for granted. It is at risk, which puts everything we love about it at stake. It is up to us to secure its future.
Our 2024 efforts are focused on bringing the Internet to those who need it while defending it from threatening forces so that everyone can access the opportunities it brings.
Our 2024 efforts are focused on bringing the Internet to those who need it while defending it from threatening forces so that everyone can access the opportunities it brings.
The Internet’s ability to serve humanity depends on preserving its open, borderless nature.
We make sure policy and technology developments support what the Internet needs to remain a global resource for everyone.
The Internet’s ability to serve humanity depends on preserving its open, borderless nature. We make sure policy and technology developments support what the Internet needs to remain a global resource for everyone.
Countering Internet Threats
Defending the Internet in the United Nations
Extending Encryption
Guiding Constructive Internet Policy
Helping Shape Internet Legal Precedent
Sharing Cutting Edge Knowledge
Securing Global Routing
It is fashionable to blame the Internet for social problems—some that long predate the Internet, and some that are only more visible because of how it enables people to communicate easily.
The Internet needs an advocate. We are positioned to mobilize members, partners, and other supporters to raise our voices to protect the Internet.
In 2024, we will focus on:
Whether they know it or not, governments are increasingly adopting misguided policies that are slowly but surely making the Internet less open, less secure, and less accessible.
While many of these policy decisions are made by individual nation-states, we see these discussions becoming more acute in the UN, where governments discuss policy matters of global interest.
In 2024, we will focus on:
Effective encryption is essential for keeping people safe and secure online.
Yet, governments call encryption a barrier to law enforcement and public safety. And companies resist end-to-end encryption in the interests of business models that depend on financial gain for user information.
In 2024, we will focus on:
Government efforts to regulate different aspects of the Internet are accelerating and intensifying across the world.
Many focus on making online services liable for the content that users produce and share—burdens that could prompt large and small Internet-based services and technologies to monitor, restrict, and censor our interactions online.
In 2024, we will focus on:
Courts of law play a decisive role in shaping the Internet and the rules and technologies that govern it, especially in the United States.
We aim to educate judges about how their decisions may affect the Internet. This way, we give the Internet and all users who count on it a voice in the courts.
In 2024, we will focus on:
The Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium is an international academic security conference focused on the latest in network and distributed system security.
For 30 years, the symposium has brought together academic and industry researchers and security practitioners worldwide to share knowledge and discuss top-tier, peer-reviewed research.
In 2024, we will focus on:
A decade ago, we started an incubation project about routing security: Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS).
After 10 years, MANRS has matured, steered by a robust and active community. We will collaborate with a partner organization, Global Cyber Alliance, which works to reduce cyber risk, to hand off the secretariat function of MANRS.
In 2024, we will focus on:
The Internet enables smoother access to essential services such as education and healthcare. It can be a pathway out of poverty.
We help provide reliable and affordable Internet access to those who need it the most.
The Internet enables smoother access to essential services such as education and healthcare. It can be a pathway out of poverty. We help provide reliable and affordable Internet access to those who need it the most.
Connecting the Unconnected
Fostering Sustainable Peering Infrastructure
Measuring the Internet
Connectivity is core to education, economic development, and social engagement.
We have long championed inclusive, community-centered ways to bridge the digital divide in areas unserved or underserved by traditional Internet providers.
In 2024, we will focus on:
Helping people get more reliable, affordable, and resilient Internet access has long been a focus.
We work together with our valued partners to improve peering infrastructure through Internet Exchange Points (IXPs). By allowing traffic to remain local rather than traveling over expensive international links, IXPs are at the core of creating a vibrant local Internet ecosystem.
In 2024, we will focus on:
Through the Internet Society Pulse platform, we measure and analyze the Internet’s health, availability, and evolution.
This information provides key stakeholders with valuable, actionable data and insights to effectively promote and defend the Internet.
In 2024, we will focus on:
The Internet has flourished because people work tirelessly to grow, strengthen, and protect it.
We celebrate Internet visionaries and provide Internet champions with training, community-building, and professional development.
The Internet has flourished because people work tirelessly to grow, strengthen, and protect it. We celebrate Internet visionaries and provide Internet champions with training, community-building, and professional development.
Mobilizing a Strong Community to Protect the Internet
Recognizing Internet Pioneers
Developing Internet Leaders to Protect the Internet
Equipping Policymakers with Internet Technology Insight
Our strength and scale come from our dedicated community of members.
We will continue to empower our chapters, special interest groups, and organization members to take concerted action, focus on opportunities that support sustainable growth, and work together to amplify greater impact.
In 2024, we will focus on:
The Internet is the most significant invention in the past 50 years, thanks to the visionaries who made it what it is today.
We proudly offer several awards programs to recognize these extraordinary people. By honoring their work, we inspire the next generation of Internet leaders and champions.
In 2024, we will focus on:
Future Internet leaders are developed today.
We equip professionals and learners with the experience, skills, knowledge, and connections they need to make the biggest possible impact on the Internet. Our youth ambassador program, early career fellowship, and mid career fellowship are key to identifying and developing Internet leaders.
In 2024, we will focus on:
Educating and building trusted relationships with policymakers has become a crucial aspect of our advocacy strategy, especially as we increasingly see governing bodies making decisions or promoting policies that could fragment the Internet or harm its design and operation.
In 2024, we will focus on:
The Internet is under increasing threat from numerous forces that could change how it works.
The Internet Society helps nurture, advocate for, and safeguard it.
We must secure the necessary resources to continue this work and confront this challenge head-on.
The Internet is under increasing threat from numerous forces that could change how it works. The Internet Society helps nurture, advocate for, and safeguard it.
We must secure the necessary resources to continue this work and confront this challenge head-on.
Securing Resources for Growth and Greater Impact
The Internet Society is a global charity that relies on the continued backing of our supporters.
We seek funding relationships with public and private foundations, companies and multinational corporations, other nonprofit organizations, funding institutions, and individual donors. These contributions will help us keep the Internet a place of opportunity for everyone.
In 2024, we will focus on:
The Internet puts us closer to what we care about the most. It transforms our lives and our society for the better. It gives the gift of opportunity.
It is our collective responsibility to preserve and care for it. That way, we can be sure that the Internet remains a sound infrastructure and transformative resource that we can all continue to count on for years to come.
You, too, can deliver on the Internet’s promise and help secure its future. Donate today.
The Internet puts us closer to what we care about the most. It transforms our lives and our society for the better. It gives the gift of opportunity.
It is our collective responsibility to preserve and care for it. That way, we can be sure that the Internet remains a sound infrastructure and transformative resource that we can all continue to count on for years to come.
You, too, can deliver on the Internet’s promise and help secure its future. Donate today.

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