• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: The regulation of abusive activity and content : a study of registries' terms of service
  • Contributor: Schwemer, Sebastian Felix [VerfasserIn]
  • Published: 2020
  • Published in: Internet policy review ; 9(2020), 1, Seite 1-22
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.14763/2020.1.1448
  • ISSN: 2197-6775
  • Keywords: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
  • Description: This paper studies the role of domain registries in relation to unlawful or unwanted useof a domain name or the underlying website content. It is an empirical and conceptualcontribution to the online content regulation debate, with specific focus on European countrycode top-level (ccTLD) domain name registries. An analysis of the terms of service of 30European ccTLD registries shows that one third of the registries contain some use-relatedprovision, which corresponds to approximately 47% of registered domains. The analysis alsoturns towards examples of notice-and-takedown mechanisms, the emergence of proactivescreening and the practice of data validation. Based on the analysis, it calls for more clarity andtransparency regarding domain registries' role in content- or use-related takedowns.
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  • Access State: Open Access
  • Rights information: Attribution (CC BY)