<div dir="ltr"><div>I'm not sure if it was Dan Sventesson or someone else who wrote it, but I've read a few years ago a very good concise explanation on this subject: the Internet does have a good and diverse number of borders, they are just not
(by default) the same as those from national states.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Cordially,<br></div><br><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><b>Pedro de Perdigão Lana</b><br></font></font></span><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><a href="http://encurtador.com.br/iwC25" target="_blank">Lawyer</a>, </font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.gedai.com.br/" target="_blank">GEDAI/UFPR</a> Researcher</font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2">PhD Candidate (UFPR), LLM in Business Law (UCoimbra)</font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"> </font></font></span></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"></span></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2">Board Member @ <a href="https://br.creativecommons.net/" target="_blank">CC Brasil</a>, </font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><a href="https://isoc.org.br/" target="_blank">ISOC BR</a></font></font></span> and <a href="https://ioda.org.br/" target="_blank">IODA</a></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"></span></div><div><font size="1"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif">This message is restricted to the sender and recipient(s). If received by mistake, please reply informing it.</span></font></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Em qui., 26 de mai. de 2022 às 07:43, christian de larrinaga via Chapter-delegates <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>> escreveu:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Thank you for some interesting links to better educate myself.<br>
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I suppose the phrase "Internet is borderless by design" is true by default until somebody comes along and creates a border.<br>
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In other words the Internet protocols support "open" inter-networking. <br>
But they don't stop the creation of borders by those holding control<br>
over devices, networks and service infrastructures that people<br>
increasingly use to manage those parts. <br>
<br>
People responsible for their devices and networks can and do<br>
create borders. Indeed we are strongly recommended to do just that. <br>
<br>
Perhaps the question may be best viewed as a question as to what extent, if at<br>
all, should those who are not responsible for such infrastructural<br>
elements be influencing or even dictating network borders. In particular when<br>
they are not technology literate sufficient to understand the impacts of<br>
such interventions. <br>
<br>
<br>
C<br>
Richard Hill via Chapter-delegates <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>> writes:<br>
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> I refer to this post which was recently brought to our attention:<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/2022/digital-sovereignty/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/2022/digital-sovereignty/</a> <br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> I'm puzzled by this bit: "The Internet is borderless by design."<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> All telecommunications are designed to facilitate cross-border<br>
> communications flows. In fact, the ITU was created in 1865 precisely to<br>
> facilitate the cross-border flow of telegrams, and subsequently facilitated<br>
> the cross-border flow of other forms of telecommunication.<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> While base telecommunication protocols (e.g. TCP/IP) are indeed designed to<br>
> be borderless, the physical facilities that implement the protocols, and<br>
> that provide services based on the protocols, are subject to national law,<br>
> for example criminal law, copyright law, etc. (Recall that offline law<br>
> applies equally online.)<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> In addition, there may be telecommunications-specific regulation.<br>
> Traditionally, those were heavy, and, in many jurisdictions, provided that<br>
> only state-owned or authorized monopolies could provide certain services.<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> That ended in the 1980's, with the introduction of liberalization and<br>
> privatization. But certain specific laws still exist. For example, in the<br>
> US, CDA 230 creates a liability regime for certain Internet services that is<br>
> specific to the Internet.<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> Names and addresses were traditionally assigned on a national basis, and<br>
> this was carried over in the domain name system in the form of the ccTLDs.<br>
> However, in keeping with the tenets of privatization, most ccTLDs are not<br>
> state-owned, and in keeping with the tenets of deregulation, many ccTLDs are<br>
> not regulated.<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> IP addresses are handled differently: they are assigned on a regional basis.<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> And Internet routing is not based on national borders. <br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> Here is a more detailed discussion:<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.apig.ch/Internet%203-characteristics.doc" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.apig.ch/Internet%203-characteristics.doc</a> <br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> But the most important difference regarding the Internet is its funding<br>
> model for many services: monetization of personal data through targeted<br>
> advertising. This has had some unwanted side-effects, see for example:<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> <a href="http://boundary2.org/2015/04/08/the-internet-vs-democracy/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://boundary2.org/2015/04/08/the-internet-vs-democracy/</a> <br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> <br>
> <a href="http://www.boundary2.org/2018/02/richard-hill-knots-of-statelike-power-revie" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.boundary2.org/2018/02/richard-hill-knots-of-statelike-power-revie</a><br>
> w-of-harcourt-exposed-desire-and-disobedience-in-the-digital-age/ <br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> <br>
> <a href="http://www.boundary2.org/2018/10/richard-hill-too-big-to-be-review-of-wu-the" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.boundary2.org/2018/10/richard-hill-too-big-to-be-review-of-wu-the</a><br>
> -curse-of-bigness-antitrust-in-the-new-gilded-age/ <br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> <br>
> <a href="http://www.boundary2.org/2021/04/richard-hill-the-curse-of-concentration-rev" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.boundary2.org/2021/04/richard-hill-the-curse-of-concentration-rev</a><br>
> iew-of-cory-doctorow-how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism/ <br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> Since the Internet now underpins most aspects of our lives and economic<br>
> activities, it seems to me inevitable that governments will evaluate whether<br>
> they should be more involved in its governance (e.g. by enacting data<br>
> privacy laws, and/or by enforcing anti-trust law). <br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> Obviously there is a risk (and not just in non-democratic states) that<br>
> government intervention could have unwanted side-effects. So it seems to me<br>
> that it is important to provide information to governments that will enable<br>
> them to make sensible decisions.<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> Regarding the specific issue of splintering, I fear that it's not just the<br>
> Internet that might splinter, but the world as a whole. I fear that we are<br>
> moving to a new version of the Cold War which some of us are old enough to<br>
> have lived through. <br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
><br>
> Richard<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
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