The United Nations could take over control of the Internet on October 1, when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) passes from US administration to the control of a multilateral body, most likely the United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

Taking over the ICANN doesn't give control over the Internet to the UN. It gives control of the Domain Names System, that is to say the system that maps domain names to Internet numeric addresses. Currently, the DNS is controlled by a US registered entity, and being routinely abused by US law enforcement and 3-letter agencies such as DHS. A transfer to the UN will make arbitrary hijacking of domain names more systematic, but the impact on the Internet at large is still limited. In particular, peer-to-peer technology including Tor and crypto-currencies remain mostly unaffected.