This is part one of ?What?s Wrong with Dot-xxx,? a five-part series outlining the Free Speech Coalition?s assessment of the proposed adult-entertainment-specific sponsored Top Level Domain.
By Diane Duke
YNOT ? The adult entertainment industry certainly is no stranger to the use of ?child protection? as a pretext to impose unnecessary regulations while engaging in direct attacks on the civil liberties of its members. But governments are not the only serial abusers of this hypocritical tactic. ICM Registry also uses ?child protection? as one of the fundamental reasons why a dot-xxx sTLD is needed. The registrar-hopeful even used the specter of child protection in its application [to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers] when it made the vague promise to ?support the development of tools and programs to protect vulnerable members of the community.?
More at YNOT...
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Great reading here... hoping we'll see all the tons of .xxx supporters with kids' best interests in mind chiming in!
