2013 may go down in history as a turning point for the internet. It was the year in which whistle-blower Edward Snowden changed our perception of on-line privacy – perhaps for good. The year in which the first of several hundred new top-level domains became active and video streaming emerged as a serious threat to traditional television. The year in which the internet of things began to take shape and the 3D printer made its breakthrough. And the year in which a number of developments were set in motion at SIDN, the effects of which will become apparent in the years ahead. Read more in our annual report