March 30, 2007

Internet Won't Get Red-Light District

A plan to create a Web address specifically for adult-entertainment sites -- ".xxx" -- was rejected today by an Internet governing body called the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.

MarketWatch reports that "the decision sends the broader message that" ICANN "refuses to assume a new role as regulator of content found on the Internet."

MarketWatch paraphrases ICANN's chairman as explaining that "the board's decision had nothing to do with the actual content of the sites in question. Rather, the rejection came because the proposal could be seen as ICANN creating rules affecting Internet content, which is at odds with its mandate to oversee the way Internet operates."

Posted at 4:08 PM
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