> I think this is an untenable position as it would mean that any website, published from any country, hosted on servers in any country, would have to abide by

> I think this is an untenable position as it would mean that any website, published from any country, hosted on servers in any country, would have to abide by the laws of the world’s 193 countries. I disagree. The way we're going, the internet will be just like traditional trade. There will be ports and customs to bring things into your country, and if you want to host a site you'd only assume you're hosting it in your country. It would be the death of the internet (are national internets still the internet? maybe some countries will remain relatively open), but the process began a long time ago. It is caused by local interests who can control parliaments and courts, it is caused by national security interests and censorship requirements. The fracturing of the internet. I wouldn't've guessed it would happen when I first logged in to slashdot many years ago, but I don't see it getting stopped.