Wednesday, May 10, 2006

ICANN Rejects '.xxx' Domain Name

An AP newswire article by Anick Jesdanun, via Yahoo! News, reports that:

Faced with opposition from conservative groups and some pornography Web sites, the Internet's key oversight agency voted Wednesday to reject a proposal to create a red-light district on the Internet.

The decision from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers reverses its preliminary approval last June to create a ".xxx" domain name for voluntary use by the adult entertainment industry.

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