support ICT activity that, contrary to international law, intentionally damages or otherwise impairs the use and operation of critical infrastructure providing services to the public, and should take appropriate measures to protect their critical infrastructure from ICT threats. (D) Countries should not conduct or knowingly support malicious international activity that, contrary to international law, harms the information systems of authorized emergency response teams (also known as computer emergency response teams or cybersecurity incident response teams ) of another country or authorize emergency response teams to engage in malicious international activity. (E) Countries should respond to appropriate requests for assistance to mitigate malicious ICT activity emanating from their territory and aimed at the critical infrastructure of another country. (F) Countries should not restrict cross-border data flows or require local storage or processing of data. (G) Countries should protect the exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms on the Internet and commit to the principle that the human rights that people have offline should also be protected online. (6) Advancing, encouraging, and supporting the development and adoption of internationally recognized technical standards and best practices. 5. Department of State responsibilities (a) In general Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2651a ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h)