From Wikipedia for .com: > The domain was originally administered by the United States Department of Defense, but is today operated by Verisign, and remains un

From Wikipedia for .com: > The domain was originally administered by the United States Department of Defense, but is today operated by Verisign, and remains under ultimate jurisdiction of U.S. law. .edu holds US-centric requirements today. Not sure about .org, .net, etc. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.com [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.edu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.edu