Adoria On-line Act

The **Adoria On-line Act** is a law for Adoria Telecom to take over and manage the .gq country code top-level domain, as well as provide all Adorians availability to the ccTLD. The legislation was authored by Satsewma (GP) and seconded by Nicholas Fofi (GP), and passed 23 to 6 with 5 abstentions in the Adorian National Assembly.

## History

The Adoria On-line Act went up for vote on February 14, 2021. It got 23 votes in favor, 6 against, and 5 abstentions in the Adorian National Assembly.

In its first and only reading, Assemblymember Galtright (SoL) criticized it for its wish to 'liberate' the internationally designed ccTLD for the Central African nation of Equatorial Guinea. “you DO know, TLDs like GQ are NOT "managed" by anybody, not even under the preeeeevious icann arrangements IRL, nor any other geodomain like it, save for CN, right?” he asked the bill's primary sponsor Nicholas Fofi (GP). “The TLDs get ADMINISTERED with exception, that way SURE but really an ISO formality is meaningless. Also GQ is exclusively administered by Freenom. It cannot be "liberated". In fact, you could write a bill that reassigns the ISO but the rest is literally impossible.”

The criticism was ignored with nothing but a  reaction as a response. The bill was officially recorded as #passed-legislation four days after it was written.

A few days before the AOLA was enacted, a law urging the Adorian Republic to join the African Continental Free Trade Agreement went into effect. Despite near-unanimous support for the AfCFTA Declaration of Interest Act in the Assembly, Adoria never joined the African Union's trade pact. No African country views Adoria positively, according to a map of our international diplomatic relationships released July 18, 2021.

## Full text

**Adoria On-Line Act**

13th February 2021

* **Type:** Law
* **Topic:** World Wide Web
* **Category:** World Wide Web

**Preamble:** Adoria’s online presence is growing rapidly, and so its time to unify Adorian sites under a singular domain, easily accessible.

**Be it hereby enacted by the National Assembly;**

**Article I**

1. Adoria will officially liberate Equatorial Guinea of the .gq domain name and make it the official domain name of the Republic of Adoria.

**Article II**

1. The .gq domain will be administered & managed by a new division of Adoria Telecom.
2. Adoria Telecom must provide the availability for all Adorians to access and use the .GQ domain.
3. Adoria Telecom must provide resources to allow the general public to understand and use the .GQ domain on their own sites.

**Article III**

1. Adoria Telecom are permitted to establish a set of rules & regulations as to the use of the .GQ domain.
2. Adoria Telecom retains the right to suspend the use of a .GQ domain at its discretion.
3. The General Public retains the right to pursue Adoria Telecom in the courts if a domain is suspended to ensure that the suspension is just and in-line with the set of rules & regulations as to the use of the .GQ domain.

The following laws currently in place in conflict with this legislation are hereby repealed;

This bill will come into effect on; At time of passing

* **Authour:** Satsewma
* **Signed:** Ruben

## References

1. ↑ KingSepron (February 14, 2021). “https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QIB8QQU23W-mkGutW-5zMi0lbpPwEkRAWwL7SR0Igt4/edit?usp=sharing” – via Discord.
2. ↑ Ruben (February 17, 2021). “**Law 163** – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QIB8QQU23W-mkGutW-5zMi0lbpPwEkRAWwL7SR0Igt4/edit?usp=sharing” – via Discord.
3. ↑ Cameron, David (July 18, 2021). “Ok guys today I am revealing to you a new system `:Doge:` `:Doge:` `:Doge:`” – via Discord.