As top-level Internet domain names are being rolled out and up for grabs, the Vatican has scored control of .catholic. The Vatican plans to allow “institutions and communities that have canonical recognition” to use the extension, “so people online — Catholics and non-Catholics — will know a site is authentically Catholic”. But there are many Read more
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Religious groups and Porn industry oppose .xxx domain names
Monday, March 21st, 2011
The Internet now has its own red-light district. Ironically it’s a move opposed by Church and pornography groups. On Friday, the company tasked with managing domain names, ICANN, put an end to a ten year battle and authorised the creation of the .xxx domain name suffix, a domain category which caters specifically for pornography. The Read more