BBC News - Decision urged on .xxx porn web domain

BBC News - Decision urged on .xxx porn web domain

Moves to create a web domain for adult content have intensified with the group which has applied for the .xxx address demanding a decision on its fate.
Net regulator Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) - the body which oversees web addresses - has been delaying its vote.
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It gave the domain the go-ahead in 2005 but reversed the decision two years later.
Proponents says that having a .xxx domain will make the web safer.

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"This has been a $7m dollar process, costing us $5m in legal fees and Icann $2m," said Stuart Lawley, chairman of ICM Registry, which has proposed the .xxx domain.
He argues that having a specific address for porn sites will make it easier for parents and others to block access to them.
"One of the requirements of anyone registering a .xxx domain is that the site carries meta-tags that will be automatically picked up by the popular browsers and allow people who want to avoid the content to easily do so," he told BBC News.

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TBH I think it would be a good move, it would make blocking lots of porn sites a lot easier.

z3r010 said:

TBH I think it would be a good move, it would make blocking lots of porn sites a lot easier.

Agreed

Seems like a no brainer to me, I don't know why this hasn't already been done.

Kari said:

Can not undestand why they are stalling? Porn sites are not going away, wouldn't it be better to identify them more clearly?

Exactly.

nobody said the people in charge are wise...I would like them to do it and get it over with already

Well it would mean a lot of sites would have to move to that new domain extension, but it would be smart, that they only have them on .xxx domains. Doubt it'll happen tho