Ukrainian Internet Association
The Ukrainian Internet Association (UIA) was founded in November 2000 in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It currently owns the Ukrainian Internet Exchange Network (UA-IX) network, which is the biggest internet exchange network in Ukraine. Additionally, in February 2010 it has announced a bid for a company that would monitor Ukrainian internet users population, in addition to two other companies that also monitor it, namely Internet Advertisement Association of Ukraine and Bigmir.net. In June 2006 the UIA warned that proposed increased government regulation of the internet in Ukraine would amount to censorship. It had made similar complaints previously in October 2003.