The Internet Society has long refrained from participating in the legal and political back-and-forth regarding net neutrality in the United States. Globally, we have been staunch proponents of principles that support the global Internet, but we realized that many of the conversations about how to protect an open Internet in the United States have veered from technical debates to statutory ones.
As these conversations have dragged on and intensified, the Internet Society felt that there was an opportunity to apply a collaborative approach to the debates and see whether a way forward might emerge.
Starting in June 2018, the Internet Society convened an ideologically diverse group of experts to create a baseline set of principles for an open Internet in the United States. The Net Neutrality Experts’ Roundtable Series included representatives from the technical community, edge providers, academia, Internet service providers, industry associations, and both left- and right-leaning civil society groups.
In a series of meetings over ten months, participants discussed how to create a sustainable solution for net neutrality that protect the interests of Internet users while fostering an environment that encourages investment and innovation. Ultimately, the group was able to create a consensus-driven set of bipartisan principles for an open Internet in the United States.
Learn how the Internet Society helped experts find common ground on one of the most complex Internet policy issues in the United States.
