Summary Box: After 3 rejections, global Internet agency reopens discussion on ‘.xxx’ for porn
By APWednesday, March 10, 2010
Summary Box: Global Net agency reconsiders ‘.xxx’
THE PROPOSAL: A “.xxx” Internet suffix where porn sites can voluntarily set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and teenagers.
THE PROS AND CONS: Backers say it would help the online porn industry clean up its act. Anti-porn groups worry it would legitimize porn sites.
THE NEXT STEPS: After an outside panel questioned the grounds for rejecting the suffix in 2007, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is taking another look.
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