Ukrainian Crisis Prompts Sanctions against Internet Backbone: What is the Stakeholders’ Response?

... transnational nature and consensus-driven multistakeholder system of governance, does not easily lend itself to the imposition of sanctions in national conflicts. It is inappropriate and counterproductive for governments to attempt to compel mechanisms of Internet governance to impose sanctions outside of the community’s multistakeholder decision-making process. The authors of the letter also criticized punitive measures proposed by Ukraine, labeling them as inexpedient and harmful for the global Internet. Yet, they suggested compiling ...