U.S. says it has the right to close any. com Domain name Web site

Qian Min

In recent months, http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/10075.html "> The U.S. government has issued a number of court orders to seize and close some websites, including some domain names registered abroad." This suggests that the U.S. government's domain name policy is clearer: any Web site with a. com,. NET,. cc,. tv,. Name suffix can be closed by the U.S. government.

In "Our website action" (Note: US action against counterfeiting counterfeit goods and pirated software sites), the United States has used its control over the world's domain name infrastructure to shut down websites that are thought to trade fake and shoddy goods. But the U.S. government has recently extended its crackdown on overseas websites to websites that include sports gambling, most notably by shutting down a Canadian gambling site on the basis of U.S. gambling laws.

Many in the Internet industry have criticized the US government for misconduct, and the US government has responded with a very explicit statement declaring it has control over. com,. NET,. cc,. tv,. Name domain names. A representative of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said the United States could seize these domain names because the root servers of these top-level domains are controlled by the US VeriSign company. The U.S. government does not trust other governments to comply with its wishes, so it wants to shut down domain names from the root servers at home.

The US government's statement does not make 211.html "> feel surprised because it has repeatedly claimed this power, but this is the first time to take such a tough stance, which may mean that the U.S. government plans to further expand the scope of the closure of the site."