ICANN has voted to not appove an application for establishing a .xxx domain name.
.XXX has been a firestorm of controversy since its backers made another attempt to etablish the domain. The Wall Street Journal ran an excellent article yesterday about the saga of the domain extension. The challenges to the domain cover a number of issues, including US “control” of ICANN and the role of the US government in ICANN policy making.
From CNET:
ICANN’s board on Wednesday voted nine to five against the proposal, which would have led to the creation of a .xxx domain suffix for pornography sites.
The scheme has drawn considerable controversy over recent months, with conservative groups campaigning against the domain due to concerns that it would legitimize pornography. Advocates of the scheme have denied this, claiming that it would make it easier for Web users to avoid porn.
Despite ardent political interest in the issue, Paul Twomey, the chief of ICANN, told the Associated Press that the decision “was not driven by a political consideration.”
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