Governing the internet – actors and initiatives
An illustration of the diversity of actors and initiatives influencing the rules, norms, principles and decision‑making processes governing the use of the internet globally.*
Initiatives
Multi-stakeholder
Internet and Global Forum EU Internet Global Network UN Open Ended Jurisdiction of Cyber Forum Initiative Working Group5 Policy Network Expertise
Alliance for Internet Paris Call2 Affordable EURODIG3 Governance Internet Forum
The Geneva WeProtect Christchurch ICANN1 Internet Society Dialogue Global Alliance Call4
Intergovernmental
United G7 Digital & Transatlantic International Nations Technology High Level Watch and Group on the Ministerial Group Working Group…6 Warning Network Information UNODC Society Intergovern- Freedom Online mental Expert UNGGE7 Coalition Group on Cybercrime
Actors
Governments
International Organisations (including regional)
Technical communities
Number World Wide Internet Resource Web Consortium Infrastructure Organization (W3C) Coalition Global Network Internet Operator Group Architecture (NOG) Alliance Board 13 9 12 Regional 11 Industrial 10 Internet ITU8 Internet ARIN Consortium Registries (RIRs) APNIC AFRINIC LACNIC RIPE NCC
Multinational companies
Online platforms
Oversight Facebook Microsoft Apple Tencent Board**
Snapchat
Instagram Skype iMessage WeChat Telegram Alphabet Baidu Twitter
Messenger Bing Facetime QQ SinaCorp
Whatsapp LinkedIn YouTube Tieba Qzone ByteDance Mail.ru Verizon
Weibo Google Sohu Kuaishou Naver GoDaddy
Douyin Yahoo! Reddit Yandex
TikTok Line
E-commerce platforms
Network providers, internet service providers, cloud service providers
Industry associations
Civil society
Nongovernmental organisations Digital Empowerment Ipandetec Foundation
Global Partners Internet Internet Watch Diplo Foundation Netblocks Digital Commission Foundation
Red en Defensa de Fundación Bolo Bhi Inhope los Derechos Karisma Digitales Centre for Derechos Internet and Access Now Cipesa Article 19 Digitales Society
Electronic Center for Social Media Frontier Democracy and Privacy Coalition Exchange Foundation Technology Association for Progressive CyberPeace Internet Sans European Communications Institute Frontières Digital Rights
Academic and Policy Institutes
Foundations
Media organisations and associations
* This infographic is an illustration of the diversity of actors and 1 ICANN: International Corporation for Assigned Names 7 Full Name: UN Group of Governmental Experts on initiatives involved in internet governance and is not intended and Numbers Advancing Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace to be exhaustive either in terms of categories or initiatives/ 2 Full Name: Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace 8 ITU: International Telecommunications Union actors listed within them. This infographic does not extend to 3 EURO DIG: European Dialogue on Internet Governance 9 AFRINIC: African Network information Centre those influencing governance of e-commerce and e-finance 4 Full Name: Christchurch Call to Eliminate Terrorist and Violent 10 ARIN: American Registry for Internet Numbers industries or artificial intelligence and telecommunications Extremist Content Online 11 APNIC: Asia Pacific Network Information Centre hardware or software. 5 Full name: UN Open Ended Working Group on Developments 12 LACNIC: Latin America and Caribbean Network ** Both the Oversight Board and its administration are funded in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Information Centre by an independent trust and supported by an independent Context of International Security 13 RIPE NIC: Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre company that is separate from but funded by Facebook. 6 Full Name: Transatlantic High Level Working Group See the Oversight Board Charter, Article 5. on Content Moderation Online and Freedom of Expression
May 2021