ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses that the main reason was the G8’s need to respond to the criticisms by antiglobalisation forces that G8 governance was undemocratic and therefore contributed to increased global inequality. It addresses key questions why the G8 turned from the previous set of cyberspace governance issues in 1999 to a consideration of how to bridge the digital divide. The representatives of the countries that comprise the G7/8 began to address the problems of co-ordinating policies regarding the governance of cyberspace in the early 1990s. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) began to take up issues connected with the Internet and electronic commerce in the late 1990s. In conclusion, the Dot Force, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and the Lyon Group demonstrated the potential effectiveness of the G8, especially relative to other international regimes, in creating solutions to collective action problems in cyberspace.
