The Internet Society welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commissions public consultation on the Digital Networks Act. The attached submission urges the Commission to ensure that any new legislation strengthens Europes digital infrastructure and competitiveness without undermining the Internets Open, Globally Connected, Secure, and Trustworthy nature.
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Internet Society
NGO · United States · EU Transparency Register 953701819437-32
6
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
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legislative files
of 326 tracked
5
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
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Who they are
Among the 784 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #106 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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- Internet Society supports various initiatives and collaborates with other initiatives aligned with its mission. These…
- Additionally, the Internet Society supports the activities of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF -- https://ww…
- The full list of initiatives is available here: https://www.internetsociety.org/affiliated-sites/
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
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- Non-governmental organisations
- Head office
- Fredericksburg, United states
- EU office
- Brussels
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Their record over time
Internet Society filed 6 positions between 12 Jun 2024 and 24 Jun 2026, across 5 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 5 times.
2024 · 1 filed2025 · 3 filed2026 · 2 filed
What they argued
11 July 2025 Internet Society’s response to the European Commission’s Call for Evidence with regards to the upcoming Digital Networks Act (DNA) Summary The Internet Society welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commission’s Call for Evidence on the forthcoming Digital Networks Act (DNA).
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
The European Union has a strong tradition of supporting an open, secure, and globally interoperable Internet, while also advancing key public policy objectives in the audiovisual sector, including the protection of minors, the reduction of illegal or harmful audiovisual content, and the promotion of media pluralism.
The Internet Society is very pleased to contribute to the consultation. Please, read the whole document, but our main recommendations are the following key Points: The White Papers proposal to expand current regulations scope of application is based on a flawed premise of a convergence between connectivity and cloud services, What we see is actors taking advantage of new technologies and the flexibility, cost…
The Internet Society welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the impact of rules on audiovisual media services. We are especially concerned about the trend to use IP and DNS-based blocking without considering its side-effects.
The Internet Society welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback in response to the European Commissions Call for Evidence on Combating online piracy of sports and other live events assessment of the May 2023 Commission Recommendation. With this submission, the Internet Society seeks to inform the Commissions understanding of Internet blocking by governments to prevent access to illegal content.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union) · 5 files in common
- Sports Rights Owners Coalition · 5 files in common
- DIGITALEUROPE · 4 files in common
- Bitkom e.V. · 4 files in common
- Adigital (Asociación Española de la Economía Digital) · 4 files in common
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