of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet enacted by regulators or self-censorship. Content control software – a type of software that restricts or controls the content an Internet user is capable to access. Internet censorship and surveillance by country Internet censorship circumvention – the use of techniques and processes to bypass filtering and censored online materials. Internet law – law governing the Internet, including dissemination of information and software, information security, electronic commerce, intellectual property in computing, privacy, and freedom of expression. Internet organizations Domain name registry or Network Information Center (NIC) – a database of all domain names and the associated registrant information in the top level domains of the Domain Name System of the Internet that allow third party entities to request administrative control of a domain name. Private sub-domain registry – an NIC which allocates domain names in a subset of the Domain Name System under a domain registered with an ICANN-accredited or ccTLD registry. Internet Society (ISOC) – an American non-profit organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet-related standards, education, access, and policy. InterNIC (historical) – the organization primarily responsible for Domain Name System (DNS) domain name allocations until 2011 when it was replaced by ICANN. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) – a nonprofit organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces of the Internet, ensuring the network's stable and secure operation. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) – a department of ICANN which allocates domain names and maintains IP addresses. Internet Activities Board (IAB) – Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) – Non-profit Internet organizations Advanced Network and Services (ANS) (historical) – Internet2 – Merit Network – North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG) – Commercial Internet organizations Amazon.com – ANS CO+RE (historical) – Google – an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Cultural and societal implications of the Internet Sociology – the scientific study of society, including patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture. Sociology of the Internet – the application of sociological theory and methods to the Internet, including analysis of online communities, virtual worlds, and organizational and social change catalyzed through the Internet. Digital sociology – a sub-discipline of sociology that focuses on understanding the use of digital media as part