[CCWG-ACCT] Implementation flaw in Mission section

Malcolm Hutty malcolm at linx.net
Fri Apr 8 22:00:19 UTC 2016



On 08/04/2016 21:09, Christopher Wilkinson wrote:
> Dear Malcolm:
> 
> This, as I think you know, goes too far and is politically unsustainable.
> 
> Who, then is to regulate offending or illegal content or services in TLDs with global scope?
> Who, then is to enforce commitments reached prior to delegation of the domain?

Dear Christopher,

I think you know that this is properly a matter for governments, acting
within their own jurisdiction according to national sovereignty, and
that ICANN has no legitimacy to some supervening global authority in the
regulation of Internet content or the businesses that use the Internet.

Kind Regards,

Malcolm.
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