11 Facts About Internet Society

1.

Internet Society is an American nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1992 with local chapters around the world.

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The Internet Society has a staff of more than 100 and was governed by a board of trustees, whose members are appointed or elected by the society's chapters, organization members, and the Internet Engineering Task Force .

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3.

Internet Society created the Public Interest Registry, launched the Internet Hall of Fame, and served as the organizational home of the IETF.

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4.

The Internet Society Foundation was created in 2017 as its independent philanthropic arm, which awarded grants to organizations.

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5.

The Internet Society Board approved this proposal at their Board meeting in 2001.

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6.

Internet Society's activities included MANRS - which was launched in 2014 to provide crucial fixes to reduce the most common threats to the Internet's routing infrastructure.

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7.

Internet Society offered Deploy360, an information hub, portal and training program to promote IPv6 and DNSSEC.

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8.

In 2019 the Internet Society agreed to the sale of the Public Interest Registry to Ethos Capital for $1.

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9.

The Internet Society said it planned to use the proceeds to fund an endowment.

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10.

In late January 2020, the ICANN halted its final approval of the sale after the Attorney General of California requested detailed documentation from all parties, citing concerns that both ICANN and the Internet Society had potentially violated their public interest missions as registered charities subject to the laws of California.

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11.

In September 2016, the Internet Society indicated that it would not seek to obtain a license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury that would allow it to fund the activities of Iranian nationals.

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