ICANN --- Actually, the Russian and Chinese argument has a flaw: the Californian law governs the corporation, but the policies related to domain names are developed by the multistakeholder community. Country codes policies are developed by the managers of the country code domain names themselves and they are non-binding for them, as they are largely the subject of national regulation. Californian laws do not govern domain names and unique identifiers, only the operational side of ICANN as an organisation. I agree however, that cyberspace and sovereignty conflict with each other, the national dimension of governance and regulation is still possible - cybercrime (e.g. keeping perpetrators liable under criminal law) is one of the examples.

Source author: Tatiana Tropina tatiana.tropina@gmail.com