Top Level .xxx Domain Concept Under Scrutiny

An anonymous reader writes "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. This is despite the the .xxx domain being approved in June and New.net selling domain names using the .xxx suffix for many months before the approval." From the ZDNet article: " The sudden high-level interest in what has historically been an obscure process has placed the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in an uncomfortable position. ICANN approved the concept of an .xxx domain in June and approval of ICM Registry's contract to run the suffix was expected this week Other governments also have been applying pressure to ICANN in a last-minute bid to head off .xxx. A letter from ICANN's government advisory group sent Friday asks for a halt to 'allow time for additional governmental and public policy concerns to be expressed before reaching a final decision.'"

Comments

Wouldn't this make it easier to filter porn?

[Silicon Knight]

pornographers will be given even more opportunities to flood our homes, libraries and society with pornography through the .xxx domain.

Wouldn't it be easier to filter if it was all in one TLD? The Family Research Council seems to think .xxx somehow gives porn sites more disk space or something.

I don't get it... This is a GOOD thing...

[Fallen Kell]

The idea is a perfect idea. Restrict all adult websites to ".xxx" domain. All existing sites should be removed from their current domains and ported to ".xxx". This is a great benefit to everyone (well some brand/name issues will have to be worked out in the transition, but still). Why is this good? Well simply because now if you don't want your son/daughter/child/person/computer from accessing adult sites, you simply block the entire ".xxx" domain and are done with it. No more mish-mash of site lists, etc. All legal adult sites must be moved within a given time-frame (say 1-2 years, basically long enough to get the word out and leave up re-directs).

I think i.xxx is a good concept.

[Graviteh]

Personally, I think it would be good because it can help filter out the good and bad when trying to prevent a child from viewing what he is not supposed to.
Say for instance, a parent did not want their child to look at porn sites, they can filter out .xxx domains. However, there is the problem of most pornographic sites being .com still, but they should be forced to move to .xxx, or maybe the government can find a way to separate porn from the other sites.