ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the highest internet-authority. The purpose of the non-profit organisation is to maintain the operational stability of the internet. When it was founded in 1998, the main focus was on the administration of IANA and its functions. Today, IANA is only one of ICANN’s areas of responsibility. The US Department of Commerce was in charge of controlling ICANN until 2009. Today, the ICANN is under international supervision.