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>US regulators don't order ISPs to block websites.

Of course they do, mostly for intellectual property reasons.

Through the courts though, right?

If the courts are almost always sympathetic, does it matter?

Also notice that the FBI has no jurisdiction over foreign domains. It happens that the .com (in addition to .us) registry is in the US, but e.g. the .ru registry is in Russia and not under the jurisdiction of US courts.

Unless it's .tv or .to or .me or many others that are administered by organisations under the control of the US. The US seized Telegram's domain t.me by using an "OFAC sanction" whatever that is.

In germany it's an organization of the biggest copyright holders that make ISPs block sites, without any court order.

What make it even dumber is that following their block lists is voluntary for ISPs. The CUII is just a cabal of ISPs and intellectual "property" holders.

The seize the domain of a foreign country after US court order.