Abstract
The Internet was created by the United States. It took its actual shape in the early 90's with the "World Wide Web". The private companies and individuals decided to invest into it. The Internet has had an exponential growth: from 2 million users in 1994, to 1.250 billion in 2007. The change of scale of the cyberspace puts the focus on the governance of it.
Why do we keep on talking, today, about the governance of the Internet? As we saw before, the Internet is a tool for freedom. The downside of freedom is that, obviously, any information, any content can be found. Including what is called "dark network" like pornography, extremism, hate etc. On the other hand, we have to keep in mind that the cyberspace is constantly evolving and it makes it easy for criminals to infiltrate it.
What do these cyber criminals do? They produce malwares (malicious software); they also take part in cyber espionage which means infiltrating high level political targets, including foreign ministries, embassies, financial institutions etc. Given the fact that cyber-criminality is constantly growing, there's recognition of the serious risks in cyberspace. And, consequently, it raises the need of regulation. That's when we start speaking of the governance of the Internet.
