ICANN has approved a new top-level domain, dot-XXX.
Ars Technica reports:
“The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has given the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) its final seal of approval. The TLD is meant to give pornographic websites a clearly marked home on the Internet, but it has gone through so many ups and downs over the last 11 years that it’s almost a shock that it has finally gone through. Still, the measure didn’t pass without opposition—nine ICANN board members voted in favor of .XXX, while three opposed and four abstained—and the vote went against the recommendation of ICANN’s Government Advisory Committee.”
Read more at: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/icann-approves-xxx-red-light-district-for-the-internet.ars
ICANN info: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/draft-icm-rationale-18mar11-en.pdf
