The activities of the United Nations, as the most important international
organization, as well as the efforts of certain regional and national
organizations, are discussed in this article on the subject of Internet
governance. The article pays special attention to the ?internet of things,?
the increasing use of which causes the emergence of new, dangerous, and
serious threats, further complicating the problem of Internet governance.
The stated subject of the research is directly related to the aim of the
paper, which is to present and analyse the activities of various entities,
international, regional and national institutions and organizations, as well
as leading states, primarily the United States and Russia, and documents
that attempt to regulate activities in cyberspace. The basic hypothesis is
that opposing national interests prevent international bodies, particularly
the United Nations, from reaching a consensus on the fundamental principles
of Internet governance, resulting in insecurity in the face of increasingly
frequent, diverse, and serious threats to the Internet and cyberspace in
general. Based on the arguments presented in the paper, there have been
numerous attempts to regulate Internet governance that have not materialized
in concrete decisions implemented in national legislation and practice. Due
to the growing dependence on information and communication technologies, the
problem of the non-existence of regulations in this area makes the
information society even more vulnerable.