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Cyberspace fragmentation: an internet governance debate beyond infrastructure

Paul Fehlinger, Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network
PUBLISHED ON: 17 Apr 2014

Since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 our international system is based upon the principle of territorial sovereignty. Today, however, cross-border online spaces made possible by the internet span across a system of fragmented national jurisdictions. Tension rises since we do not have the legal equivalent to the technical interoperability that