Judgments Turn Registrars Into Enforcers

Courts can and increasingly do name domain registries, registrars and hosting providers in injunctions, obliging them to disable domains, cease services, and preserve evidence even when site operators are anonymous. That shifts operational enforcement from policing sites to forcing intermediaries to act as de facto content regulators. — This trend reshapes who enforces online law — judges can compel infrastructure operators rather than only going after site operators, with broad implications for jurisdiction, collateral censorship, and internet governance.