The Council of Europe has elaborated internet freedom indicators which focus on the right to freedom of expression, the right to freedom of assembly and association and the right to private life. The indicators are intended to provide guidance in conducting a qualitative and objective evaluation of and reporting on the enabling environment for internet freedom in Council of Europe member states. They are not designed to rate the levels of Internet freedom or as a means of comparing countries. They build on the existing and established human rights standards and enforcement mechanisms.

They form the appendix to a Recommendation on internet freedom adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 13 April 2016.

The Committee of Ministers has adopted a recommendation calling on European states to safeguard the principle of network neutrality in the development of national legal frameworks in order to ensure the protection of the right to freedom of expression and to access to information, and the right to privacy.

This   recommendation contains a set of network neutrality guidelines on network neutrality in terms of equal treatment of internet traffic, pluralism and diversity of information, privacy, transparency and accountability.