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[ NNSquad ] As predicted -- .xxx TLD is all about money, not "helping the Net"
As predicted -- .xxx TLD is all about money, not "helping the Net"
http://j.mp/TZWBfx (Guardian)
"Instead, according to a new analysis by MetaCert, a web-blocking
firm, the .xxx domains contain just 0.56% of the sites that it has
to block to create a "clean" web - while the original .com, .net,
and .org domains contain 83.32%, 8.13% and 0.9% of the relevant
domains respectively, adding up to 92.35% of the total that it
blocks. Meanwhile a surprisingly high number of pornography sites
- around 26% - are located in the Netherlands, and the countrywide
.nl suffix hosts 2.41% of the pornography found by the company ...
Major companies have questioned the benefits of .xxx, feeling it
was necessary to preserve their brand by defensively buying .xxx
domains and not using them. Meanwhile pornography businesses have
been less quick to buy them because they would be too easy to
filter out. Many search engines automatically filter out searches
containing ".xxx" on their default "safe" settings."
- - -
As predicted ... the .xxx gTLD, like most of the new gTLDs coming from
ICANN, are really almost entirely about extorting money via protective
registrations.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
- Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
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