The Nexa Center for Internet & Society was founded on 26 November 2006 by professors Juan Carlos De Martin[2] and Marco Ricolfi.
The Nexa Center also coordinates SeLiLi (Servizio Licenze Libere), a service offering advice on free licenses.
[7] In 2013 the Nexa Center has become part of the Global Network Initiative (GNI), a multi-stakeholder international group devoted to protect and advance freedom of expression and privacy in the ICT sector.
The aim of the center is to broaden the understanding of the main factors characterizing the Internet, their dynamics and their impact on society.
Professor Charles Nesson is a member of the NEXA Board of Trustees together with another Berkman Center for Internet and Society co-director, Prof. Yochai Benkler, and also with other well known Italian and foreign personalities as Raffaele Meo and Michelangelo Pistoletto.