ICANN nixes .XXX domain: You bet, I have an opinion


ICANN nixes .XXX domain: You bet, I have an opinion

Filed under: Rants and ravesBeing that I'm a hale-and-hearty defender of the First Amendment, I always take special notice of occurrences which could have significant impact on the dissemination of art, literature, or other such things. Once again, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has quashed a request for a .xxx domain to be created for the registration of "pornographic" websites. I cannot blame ICANN for shying away from giving its approval when I understand that the position of responsibility that approval would place it in is unacceptable for it, and would take the group well outside the scope of what it was created for.So, we are still faced with the heavy infusion of pornographic material within the mainstream internet, and whether or not something can ...

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