Turnkey Internet is up for the Nobel Peace Prize this year.  Well, Turnkey and the millions of other users who log into the Internet everyday.  Last week, it was announced that the ‘Internet’ is being considered among 237 other candidates for this coveted award.

The Italian edition of Wired magazine is the main proponent behind this decision.  Wired Italy Editor-in-Chief Riccardo Luna explains, “The Internet can be considered the first weapon of mass construction, which we can deploy to destroy hate and conflict and to propagate peace and democracy.”  Wired is promoting their idea of the Internet being a ‘tool for peace’ with the campaign ‘Internet for Peace.’  It already has many supporters, including 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, professor Umberto Veronesi, and stylist Giorgio Armani.

This would not be the first year that an individual does not win the prize.  In 1965, the prize went to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and in 1985, it went to the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.  If the Internet does win the prize, it is unclear who would receive the $1.4 million cash reward.