It's comforting to think that you're safe outside the US but you aren't. The US government is running a global empire. We may know the Internet is international but as far as the US is concerned they think they own it. When the US is no longer the power it is (and though it may seem prime to fall it is still a superpower) we won't be safe. All we can do is hope that whoever we register with is willing to put up a fight but not all countries are.
I wonder if the US government can require certain hooks from ICANN.....
What I wonder is if, or when, ICANN will start taking the US government to court, preferably in countries outside the USA, for violating the laws of those countries.
If ICANN does nothing, and nobody does anything to stop this, it will destroy the internet. (And there's no obvious white knight. The UN I trust even less than the US government.)
Right, I mean if this stuff is already happening then what are your options? You're right to not trust the UN. The UN might as well be the fourth branch of the US government - the branch that allows the US to order other countries around while still maintaining plausible deniability.
I wonder if the US government can require certain hooks from ICANN.....