The BBC has an interesting story today about stepped-up pressure on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the international agency that oversees the Net's address system, to decide on the proposed .xxx domain for adult content.
ICANN has been mulling the topic for several years now, alternatively approving and rejecting a plan to restrict sexually explicit material to one domain. Proponents say the proposal would help users filter out porn; opponents say the plan would be too difficult to enforce, and that it would raise free-speech concerns.
Personally, I hope ICANN buries the .xxx proposal once and for all. A smut-specific domain might make it easier for schools, libraries, and parents to keep kids from adult material online. Then again, what to stop porn purveyors from using another domain?
http://www.pcworld.com/article/19578...rn_domain.html