The whole world is focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This tension, which is followed with nervousness, is undoubtedly not beneficial. Many countries and large companies impose sanctions on Russia and the Russian society in order to take their stand. On the other hand, Ukraine is calling for all kinds of sanctions against Russia.
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ICANN: Our motto is “One World, One Internet”
Ukraine continues to show every effort to resist the attacks. Mykhailo Fedorov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, called for sanctions on Russia via Twitter and mobilized many large companies and important organizations. Ukraine has recently called for Russia to completely cut off the global internet.
Revocation of SSL certificates of Russia’s top-level domains such as .ru was requested. Fedorov, who received positive feedback in many of his calls, could not find what he wanted this time. responsible for internet administration Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), responded negatively to the call. Goran Marby, CEO of ICANN, used the following statements in response to Mykhailo Fedorov.
Our motto: One World, One Internet! Within our mission, we maintain impartiality and act to support the global internet. Our mission does not include punishing, sanctioning or restricting access to segments on the internet, regardless of provocations.
The digital privacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) supported ICANN’s decision to make this move. The EFF noted that interfering with key internet infrastructure protocols can be quite dangerous in the long run. Stating that depriving people of their most powerful tool for information sharing would not benefit anyone, it was emphasized that this demand would never be met.
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