Bush administration objects to .xxx domains
 

Bush administration objects to .xxx domains

By Declan McCullagh

Story last modified Mon Aug 15 16:15:00 PDT 2005


The Bush administration is objecting to the creation of a .xxx domain, saying it has concerns about a virtual red-light district reserved exclusively for Internet pornography.

Michael Gallagher, assistant secretary at the Commerce Department, has asked for a hold to be placed on the contract to run the new top-level domain until the .xxx suffix can receive further scrutiny. The domain was scheduled to receive final approval Tuesday.

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I think the only opinions about .xxx that are rooted in reality are those of the adult industry who are objecting to it.

Take this for example:

"After ICANN's vote to approve .xxx, conservative groups in the United States called on their supporters to ask the Commerce Department to block the new suffix. The Family Research Council, for instance, warned that "pornographers will be given even more opportunities to flood our homes, libraries and society with pornography through the .xxx domain."

Do these guys even know what the internet is? :1orglaugh

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