The New .xxx Domain: Just a .bad/idea
This article on the .xxx proposal in the National Catholic Register is strongly against the creation of the .xxx TLD. It begins “Family advocates and purveyors of pornography are definitely strange bedfellows.” The article gives both the religious and “family” advocates view noting “both camps are largely against it, albeit for radically different reasons.” Religious groups oppose the creation of .xxx because they see pornographers not being asked to relinquish their “.com” sites and the voluntary “relocating to a ‘.xxx’ site could actually increase, even double, the number of ways to reach pornography on the Internet — and only half of it, if that much, will supposedly be easier to block. It’s a lateral move that achieves nothing substantial or good.” Towards the end of the article it claims “for one thing, the new ‘.xxx’ domain is not a done deal — the consent of the U.S. Commerce Department is likely necessary, giving laypeople a chance to make their voices heard”.
http://ncregister.com/site/article/2158/