Once again, establishing a .xxx domain has been rejected.

“Religious groups worried that ‘.xxx’ would legitimize and expand the number of adults sites, which more than a third of U.S. Internet users visit each month, according to comScore Media Metrix.”

This is a silly argument. Religious groups should welcome a .xxx domain, which should come with accompanying aggressive enforcement against pornographers who fail to use the .xxx domain.

No system will ever be 100 percent perfect, of course, but with clearly pornographic content herded into one pen, parental and library filters could more easily and effectively block that content. Grey area issues of educational content (breast cancer sites, sexuality information sites, etc.) would need to be dealt with separately by filtering software.

I believe a .xxx domain is inevitable. For silly reasons, it’s just not imminent.

This entry was posted on Sunday, April 1st, 2007 at 6:28 am and is filed under Internet Stuff.