Currently, the Internet is technically controlled by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a US-based not-profit organization established by the US Department of Commerce. But recently a UN advisory group WGIG (Working Group on Internet Governance) has advocated for some International Control of Internet in its June report.

The WGIG report will be discussed at UN summit on Internet, which is scheduled for 14-16 November, 2005 at Tunisia and may ultimately bring the World Wide Web under UN control. It is being said that it was Bill Clinton and Al Gore who advocated for such World Summit in the first place.

ICANN, the current internet regulator, has been discharging various functions superbly, which includes maintainence of Domain Name System, IP address space and laying down technical parameters. But being under US control, it has raised eyebrows from anti-US groups, who want some sort of neutral control. That's the bottom line under the WGIG report which states it is “unfair” that one nation (the U.S) should “control” such a global technology as the Internet.