New Vote on .xxx Internet Address Nears

Billosaur writes "ICANN is once more set to vote on the creation of the .xxx Internet address. Though the proposal has been voted down by ICANN's board twice before the group behind those previous proposals resubmitted after they 'agreed to hire independent organizations to monitor porn sites' compliance with the new rules, which would be developed by a separate body called the International Foundation for Online Responsibility.' Once more the proposal has led to pornographers and religious groups finding themselves on the same side of an issue, the porn industry worried that the domain would lead to government controls, the religious groups worried it would make access too easy and allow porn to expand even further onto the Internet."

Comments

Re:I'll tell you why not.

[jhfry]

Simply require sites that are in the business of "sexual entertainment". Sure some porn sites would argue that they are educational, but I think that most would agree that it's pretty easy to determine motive.

Sites that use pornographic ads, must simply host those ads on a .xxx domain, so that they can be easily blocked from loading.

This is not a true fix, there are always loopholes, however it provides a way for a legit porn site to operate their business without fear of upsetting a group of wackos that complain about stumbling into pornadoes (love that word). If the sites are on .xxx the group can't accidentally stumble into them. Especially because browsers could easily block them.