Become an Internet Advocate

The Internet has radically transformed our lives for the better. Because of it, there are virtually infinite opportunities to innovate and work together for the collective good.

We owe its success to a foundation of five properties—what the Internet needs to work for everyone. We call this the “Internet way of networking” and we can’t take it for granted.

What makes the Internet great also makes it vulnerable. Governments and businesses are increasingly making decisions that could impact the Internet, and they might not even know it. We must protect the Internet from bad decisions—or we risk losing it altogether.

It’s up to all of us to protect and defend what the Internet needs to exist and thrive. We cannot let the Internet become a splinternet.

How Can I Advocate for the Internet?

We need your help. If you have five minutes, five hours, or even more, you can promote, protect, and defend an open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy Internet. We are stronger together. Always.

Here’s how you can help:

Flag

Spot a legislative threat, business decision, or technology development that could undermine the open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy Internet.

Let us know.

Analyze

Use the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit to understand how an issue could support or threaten what the Internet needs to exist and thrive.

Learn how to analyze a threat.

Strategize

Identify the advocacy goal and form a strategy to promote, protect, and defend the Internet.

Start with SMART advocacy goals.

Together

Work with a global movement of like-minded Internet champions to amplify our impact.

Become an Internet Society member.

Advocacy Resources

Internet Impact Brief: Mandated Browser Root Certificates in the European Union’s eIDAS Regulation on the Internet
This report uses the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit (IIAT) to assess how the EU’s proposal may affect the global Internet by impacting what the Internet needs to thrive as an open, globally connected, secure and trustworthy resource for all.
Internet Impact Brief: Nepal’s Proposed National Internet Gateway
Learn about the implications of Nepal’s National Internet Gateway proposal on Internet access and security.
Internet Impact Brief: Revised Directive on Security of Network and Information (NIS2) – Presidency Compromise Proposal September 2021
This report uses the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit (IIAT) to assess how the Presidency compromise proposal from 21 September 2021 may affect the global Internet by impacting what the Internet needs to thrive as an open, globally connected, secure and trustworthy resource for all.
Internet Impact Brief: South Korea’s Interconnection Rules
Read how a series of enacted and proposed revisions of Telecommunications Business Act in South Korea affect further Internet development.
Internet Impact Brief: Technical Architecture of the GAIA-X Project
This report uses the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit (IIAT) to assess how the GAIA-X concepts may affect the global Internet by impacting what the Internet needs to thrive as an open, globally connected, secure and trustworthy resource for all.
OurNet: The Internet Is Ours
Join us in raising awareness about Internet fragmentation and resisting policies and decisions that contribute to fragmenting the Internet.
Parents’ Guide to Encryption
Do you know how you’re keeping your kids safe online? Using encryption, there are simple changes you can make as a family to stay safe. (external)

Our Members in Action

Here’s how some Internet Society members are advocating for an Internet that benefits everyone. They’re using the four-step advocacy model:

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