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Thu 11 May, 2006


Internet regulator rejects .xxx domain for adult sites

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The Internet's regulatory body rejected a plan to adopt a new <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>.xxx"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> domain for sex-oriented websites after heated protests from the United States and elsewhere.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>(ICANN)<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> board voted 9-5 against the plan after <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"much public comment and detailed discussion,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> according to a statement issued late Wednesday.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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The United States last year asked ICANN to postpone the new top-level domain,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> citing an <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"unprecedented"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> level of protests,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> including some 6,000 letters and e-mails.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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ICANN a year ago opened technical and commercial negotiations for the new top-level domain with the <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>.xxx extension,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> for what was billed as a self-regulated adult-themed area of cyberspace.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>
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Backers of the site argue that use of the <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>.xxx extension would be voluntary,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> but would create a clearly identifiable area of the Internet that could be blocked for certain users.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>


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Fri 12 May, 2006



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