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Three years after the idea was rejected by Internet regulators, adult Web sites may now actually get their own Internet domain – .xxx. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has agreed to reconsider its stance on the issue on 12 March, after an earlier decision to allow the domain was reversed as a result of protests from conservative groups in the United States in 2005.
According to the BBC, ICANN’s change of mind is not unconnected with a recent ruling by an arbitration panel of retired judges at the International Centre for Dispute Resolution that their previous resolution to disallow the .xxx domain was inconsistent. If approved, the domain which many experts believe will allow Internet users to filter adult content, could be selling by the end of this year. However, if filtering adult content on the Internet is the main objective for reconsidering the .xxx domain, it is difficult to see how this will be achieved considering the fact that the scheme will only be voluntary and adult sites will still be allowed to use any other domain of their choice.
Talking Point
What kind of impact do you think having an exclusive domain for pornographic Web sites have on the Internet as a whole?
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This isn’t going to be popular even among adult site owners.
Yes, it will be easy to filter any domain name with .xxx extension. I think a law must compel all the adult site owner to use the .xxx, if not the extension will not serve the purpose, as many adult site we not buy the .xxx, because they not it will be easily filter away.
LOL. I don’t think this is gonna fly.
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