Porn sites now may have the suffix .XXX
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is expected to give the permission for the creation of a .xxx suffix for websites with pornographic content, as per the company officials.
THE INTERNET Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is expected to give the permission for the creation of a .xxx suffix for websites with pornographic content, as per the company officials.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), oversees the Internet on behalf of the US government, has in the past resisted creating a .xxx generic domain name system to those for .com and .net. But members of ICANN's board have argued that in order to maintain neutrality in dealing with domain name assignations, it should create .xxx and allow websites with sexually explicit content to start using the suffix on a voluntary basis.
Online pornography is a vast industry. Figures collated by Internet Pornography Statistics suggest more than $3,000 is spent on Internet pornography every second, with "sex" the number one search term in the world, accounting for 25 percent of all Internet searches.
With an approx figure of 370 million pornographic websites on the Internet, .xxx could become one of the largest domain name repositories, after .com.
But some members of the adult entertainment industry oppose .xxx, saying it will invite censorship and harm their business. Members of the American religious right also oppose its creation on moral grounds. ICANN is expected to make a formal announcement on its decision in a day or two.
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