If, after creation of an xxx TLD, certain
governments of the world want to ensure that their citizens do not see xxx
content, it is within their prerogative as sovereigns to instruct internet
access providers physically located within their territory to block such
content. Also, if certain governments
want to ensure that *all* adult content providers with a physical presence in
their country register exclusively within xxx, that is their prerogative as
well. (I note that such a requirement in
the U.S. would violate the First Amendment to our Constitution.) But this content-related censorship should
not be ICANN’s concern, and ICANN should not allow itself to be used as a
private lever for government chokepoint content control by making up reasons to
avoid the creation of such a TLD in the first place. To the extent there are public policy
concerns with this TLD, they can be dealt with through local law. Registration in (or visitation of) domains in
this TLD is purely voluntary. |
clipped from scrawford.blogware.com
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