The Bush administration is objecting to the creation of a top-level .xxx domain, which was scheduled to receive final approval next week.

According to this C|Net story:

After ICANN’s vote to approve .xxx, conservative groups in the United States called on their supporters to ask the Commerce Department to block the new suffix. The Family Research Council, for instance, warned that “pornographers will be given even more opportunities to flood our homes, libraries and society with pornography through the .xxx domain.”

Anyone who has been online more than 12 seconds knows the absurdity of that argument. As I wrote in June, the .xxx domain makes a lot of sense, and will actually make it easier for parents and libraries to filter sexual content.

Of course, these probably aren’t the issues at hand. The minutae of implementing .xxx can’t possibly be on the administration’s radar screen … but bringing the topic of online porn into the public discourse? You betcha.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 16th, 2005 at 12:06 pm and is filed under Internet Stuff.