Territory, Jurisdiction and Cyberspace: between westphalian contours and the cross-border quality of the Internet
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2179-0892.geousp.2020.161521Keywords:
Territory, Jurisdiction, Cyberspace, Internet, BordersAbstract
Usually placed in opposition to the territory, the digital networks that make up cyberspace are analyzed in this article from their spatial anchorage. The territoriality of cyberspace is here restored in its relation to the jurisdictional space of national states, as a technical object with concomitantly opposite and complementary spatial characteristics, producing transboundary dynamics while nationalizing within Westphalian boundaries. We investigate this complementary opposition based on concrete cases that allow us to verify the movement of cyberspace not only as a generator of transnational dynamics, but as a space that allows the exercise of jurisdictional multiterritoriality, with which certain states act extraterritorially regulating other sovereignties. Based on this exploration, we examine the implications of digital networks on Westphalian territorial configurations, as well as the impact of this technology on the concept of territory, reiterating, after all, the relevance of this geographical category to the study of cyberspace.
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