Public Comment

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Name: MC Bennett
Date: 21 Apr 2023
Other Comments

Allowing governments the ability to arbitrarily take over any domain name is bad policy. Dictatorial governments could easily take over a domain that contains negative information simply to thwart dissemination of facts that shine a bad light on that government. The policy would set a poor precedent and be open to abuse by fascist governments.

Summary of Submission

Allowing governments to take over a domain is a bad policy, ripe for abuse by dictators.