Friday, June 24, 2005

Internet "red light district" created

Wired News: Too SeXXXy for Dot-Com

ICANN approves .xxx domains, available later this fall or winter. John Morris at the Center for Democracy and Technology predicts that some adult sites will voluntarily enter this new virtual red-light district while others will stay in the general dot-com. Commentators wonder if mandatory zoning of cyberspace is legal or practical, and some foresee the creation of policies (perhaps even laws) forbidding the routing of users to .xxx domains.