The Ukrainian Internet Association (UIA) was founded in November 2000 in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
In June 2006 the UIA warned that proposed increased government regulation of the internet in Ukraine would amount to censorship.
[3][4] On 17 July 2003 the government of Ukraine requested service providers to install equipment which would allow all internet traffic to be monitored.
The UIA said this was an "unacceptable breach of privacy for Internet users" and that such action was, under then-existing law, illegal.
"[1] EuropeMedia has called the UIA "the oldest and one of the most influential organisations in Ukrainian Internet".