'.XXX' Domain Name Under Consideration Again

CNS ^ | 01/19/2007 | Nathan Burchfiel

[lpeterboyd]

'.XXX' Domain Name Under Consideration Again
By Nathan Burchfiel
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
January 19, 2007

(CNSNews.com) - The organization in charge of approving Internet domains has reintroduced a controversial proposal to create a domain registry specifically for pornographic content.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in June 2005 approved the creation of the ".xxx" domain. But in May 2006, the organization voted against a contract with domain distributor ICM Registry, in part because of outcry from conservative family groups.

Since then, the ICANN and ICM Registry have worked to revise the terms of the original contract, adding policies aimed at prohibiting child pornography, requiring content labeling, prohibiting deceptive marketing and prohibiting unsolicited marketing.

ICANN began accepting public feedback on the revised contract on Jan. 5 and conservatives have relaunched a campaign to prevent its creation.

[brwnsuga]

My daughter (who was 11 at the time) and I went online to look for accessories for her MyScene Barbie and when we googled it a whole list of porno sites came up as choices. That really scared me silly.

[oceanview]

and that is the issue here - who decides, who FORCES, a particular site to be placed into the XXX domain. the government?

Just look at FR, some people here think Hooters restaurants are "porn". Does their website get forced to the XXX domain?