Proposed ICANN policy could lead to domain name censorshipICANN is set to get involved in politics. An ICANN draft policy that will govern the creation of new top-level domains would restrict anything that “shall promote hatred, racism, discrimination of any sort, criminal activity, or any abuse of specific religions or cultures.” The new rule has some critics crying “Censorship!”http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070227-8928.html
Proposed ICANN policy could lead to domain name censorship
ICANN is set to get involved in politics. An ICANN draft policy that will govern the creation of new top-level domains would restrict anything that “shall promote hatred, racism, discrimination of any sort, criminal activity, or any abuse of specific religions or cultures.” The new rule has some critics crying “Censorship!”