Can the domain .xxx be

ICANN is preparing to vote for a draft of the .xxx domain - the "red light" area for pornographic websites. However, this time, the organization continues to face strong reactions from the bosses of the 'porn industry' industry and from religious organizations.

ICANN has refused to approve the draft twice since 2000. This third draft will be reviewed next week.

Mark Kernes, a member of the administration of FSC Free Speech, said: 'A standard to be adopted is that the draft should be supported by the majority of people working in the industry using that domain name the most. But I have never met the website owner or the 'adult' video maker owner who seems to be interested in the .xxx domain name '.

Owners of pornographic sites are concerned that the use of new domain names - though not mandatory - will soon be put into law so that it is easier for the government to manage. ' And sooner or later, sex information on the net will be' thrown into concentration camps ',' lamented Kernes, saying that the introduction of the 'adult' domain name would actually do. parents are more difficult to manage children on the Internet A web address ends with three .xxx words that are more than enough for the child to recognize the main 'content'.

Religious organizations worry that .xxx will legitimize and increase the number of 'adult' webists - which already account for more than a third of all US sites visited each month. A statistic organization said 4% of all Internet bandwidth and 2% of Internet users' time is devoted to pornographic sites.

Patrick Trueman, advisor of ADF religious organization, predicts: 'Current websites will keep the domain name intact, while pornographic pages will double because of the legalized domain name .xxx '

In 2000, ICANN voted against the decision to launch a domain name .xxx, fearing that governments will enforce the law to enforce this domain name for pornographic sites, violating the Internet's principle of equality. In 2004, the draft was released and was removed again. For the third time, the UK's Internet Content Management Organization (ICM Registry) confirmed that it would hire neutral organizations to manage the use of the new domain name. If approved, ICM will have to set up guidelines to ensure children '' environment 'when surfing the web, and sites that use this domain will have to manually censor their content.

Hoang Hai