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Seizing a domain name via ICANN has to be global, as I understand it, while a website might have only broken some nations laws. If the UK government wants to b
by michaelt 1y ago
Seizing a domain name via ICANN has to be global, as I understand it, while a website might have only broken some nations laws.
If the UK government wants to ban porn but loves gambling, while the US wants to ban gambling but loves porn, a blocking mechanism that lets them have different blocklists allows both nations to get the censorship their voters have chosen.
- whimsicalism 1y agoPretty sure the US does it all the time or just contacts the registrar.
- iamnothere 1y agoOnly for TLDs within legal reach. TLDs like .ru and .su require diplomatic outreach and backroom deals.