Faced with opposition from conservative groups and some pornography Web sites, the Internet's key oversight agency voted Wednesday to reject a proposal to create a red-light district on the Internet.
The decision from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers reverses its preliminary approval last June to create a ".xxx" domain name for voluntary use by the adult entertainment industry. Paul Twomey, ICANN'S chief executive, said the decision largely came down to whether by creating an "xxx" domain ICANN might be put in a position of having to enforce all of the world's laws governing pornography.
He said board members were aware of the controversy but "the heart of the decision today was not driven by a political consideration."
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The decision to reject ".xxx" may not have been driven by specific political pressure, but it was most certainly driven by political (rather than technical) considerations. To wit, "the decision largely came down to whether by creating an 'xxx' domain ICANN might be put in a position of having to enforce all of the world's laws governing pornography." That's a political consideration if ever I saw one.
Meanwhile, a closing note in the same article mentions that the ludicrously lame ".tel" proposal has been given the green light. I roll my eyes in anticipation of further developments on that front.