June 26, 2012

Internet Governance

“Internet governance is the development and application by Governments, the private sector and civil society, in their respective roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programmes that shape the evolution and use of the Internet.”

Working Definition of Internet Governance by the Working Group on Internet Governance, http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGREPORT.pdf, page 4, June 2005