Who manages the Internet?

Answer 1

Nobody, it's self governing.

Another Perspective:That is a very good question.... The global system controls the internet and thousands of millions of people use it everyday. To do different things like check their e-mail and instant message people

Answer 2

There are two equally correct ways to answer this:

(1) Nobody owns the Internet, or

(2) Ownership of the Internet is shared by everyone who uses it.

There really isn't anyone who controls the Internet. It's far too complex to be controlled by one entity. It is a collection of networks which are joined to form bigger networks which are joined to form even bigger networks and so forth. The path that data follows as it travels through the Internet depends on what computers and what switches happen to be available on a second by second basis, and is about as close to pure machine technology with a minimum of human intervention as has ever been achieved.

There is one company that controls one aspect of the Internet. That is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers or ICANN, which controls all the Internet addresses of both numerical and named types. If you neglect to pay for your address, ICANN cancels your account and your address becomes available to anyone who wants it.

So other than the assignment of addresses, everything else proceeds pretty much automatically.

Answer 3

This is a loaded question the closest answer is ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) ICANN manages the "phone book" of the Internet managing the Internet address and network name of all the networks that make up the Internet. Which would includes this site answers.com which translates to the Internet address 67.196.156.35.

To further clarify some people consider the Internet and World Wide Web to be the synonymous but they are not. If the original question was intended to be "Who manages the Web". The closet answer would be the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) this organization manages the standards of the Web and aspires to lead the Web to it's full potential. The Web is one of many services that traverses the Internet.

Answer 4

No own actually can govern the internet as its a open market to the world to use. However countries can block certain websites if it breaks that countries laws.