But certain regimes, when faced with political dissidents, protests, or even students possibly cheating on their exams, have taken to shutting down internet access.
Now a governing body has declared that there should be no IP addresses awarded to governments that cut off internet access to their citizens.
These infringing governments could find themselves refused new IP addresses, under a new regulatory proposal making its way through one of the five global IP allocation organizations.
Internet registry AFRINIC will consider the proposed measure at its next meeting in Kenya in June.
It’s one of five regional internet registries that manage IP address allocation for the world.
They coordinate with ICANN to manage namespace and make it possible to navigate the internet using .com addresses.
This punitive withdrawal of services would escalate if the country became a repeat offender, showing a pattern of cutting off internet access. »
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