Framing Domain Suspensions Across Jurisdictions
Cross-border domain name suspension requests are increasingly sent
to technical operators based on the content or activity of underlying
websites. Such measures have global impact by nature and therefore
require strong procedural guarantees to ensure proportionality and
respect of the neutrality of this technical layer. Common vernacular
must also be agreed upon between the technical and policymaking
communities to permit fruitful discussions. What are the criteria for
abuses that can justify domain suspension, and how can the
transparency of such requests be increased?
Based on discussions facilitated by the I&J Policy Network, this paper presents a general framing of the challenges, approaches, and initiatives related to cross-border domain suspension requests.
I&J's Ongoing Work Related to the DNS
The Domains & Jurisdiction program addresses how current practices for cross-border user data requests can be improved based on the areas of cooperation identified by participants in Workstream III of the 2016 Global Internet & Jurisdiction Conference.
A multistakeholder Domains & Jurisdiction Contact Group has also been established to determine what could realistically and pragmatically be achieved within each area for cooperation. Policy Options identified by the Domains group and other parallel Contact Groups on Data and Content will be circulated ahead of the 2018 Global Internet and Jurisdiction Conference.
