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ICANN Approves .XXX

Posted by timothy on from the not-to-say-they-approve-of-xxx dept.

lothos writes "Pornography will have its own top-level domain, dot-XXX, the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers decided today." Ars Technica has a short but thoroughly-linked article tracing some of the long history (in Internet time) behind the push for .xxx. See also ICANN's announcement of the approval, and — for all the juicy details — the rationale behind the decision (PDF).

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  1. Re:It's a good decision by GameboyRMH · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Protip: Check his post history

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