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Originally Posted by DotXXX
This keeps coming up, and what I find most troubling is that people seem to be under the impression that the ability to block adult content is only possible with the .XXX extension. Whole countries already have the ability to block content, and DO. China does, India does, Australia is on it's way, and the UK's top 4 ISP's are now on an opt-in for adult content system.
None of that has anything at all to do with a domain suffix. It has everything to do with censorship, and suppressing the right to free expression. Part of the reason that IFFOR receives such a significant portion of each domain registration is to assure that they have the funds necessary to adhere to their policy goals, which includes protecting free expression rights. IFFOR recently addressed this in a press release which you can read here: http://iffor.org/news/pc-first-meeting.html |
DotXXX,
No disrespected intended but,
Thats a nice spin you just did. the XXX suffix makes it easy to block all the new porn sites using that suffix. With the XXX suffix, its a crap shoot. Will the suffix be blocked or not. China and India is no big deal since that traffic doesn't convert. No big loss.
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Originally Posted by DotXXX
None of that has anything at all to do with a domain suffix. It has everything to do with censorship, and suppressing the right to free expression. Part of the reason that IFFOR receives such a significant portion of each domain registration is to assure that they have the funds necessary to adhere to their policy goals, which includes protecting free expression rights.
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If a country wants to censor what is accessible on the internet, they are not bound by the laws of the USA. They can do whatever they want. You have no control over what they block.
If an IPS wants to block xxx domains, there is nothing you can do about it. You can scream and file a censorship lawsuit but, an internet connection is a
privilege not a right.
There is more than enough porn on .com, .net domains. I really dont think too many people will miss xxx domains blocked. The internet has survived this long without xxx suffix.