Tag: .XXX
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UK blanket porn ban plans rejected by Ministers
The long-discussed plans to put up a blanket block on Internet Porn in the UK has been turned down by Ministers in the UK, describing it as an “attack” on our civil liberties by restricting what we use the internet for. At the start of the year, internet service providers were asked to block access…
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New ‘.uk’ internet domain names not far away
Proposals for a new .uk web addresses have been placed forward for websites in the UK that will possibly put an end to the longer ‘.co.uk’ system currently available in the UK. The company that controls domain names in the UK, Nominet (the non-profit body responsible for overseeing all net addresses ending in .uk), has proposed the change to…
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XXX Porn Sites to be Automatically Barred?
Access to internet porn and “adult” websites is coming one step closer to being automatically barred from view on internet providers…
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Sir Richard Branson Wins in .XXX Web Domain Dispute
Sir Richard Branson has prevented his name being used in on a .xxx web domain. The website which bore his namesake was being held by a “cybersquatter” – someone who takes up ownership of an unclaimed web space in order to sell it for a higher value. Branson’s name is reputable as the entrepreneur behind…
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XXX Web Domains Go Public – As TalkTalk Filter Fail Leaves HomeSafe Unsafe
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XXX web domains have gone live – and no we’re not talking about websites that support the clean-living straight edge lifestyle symbolised by a trio of Xs. This is a different kind of hardcore.. The ICM Registry has now decreed that adult business websites can have their own sector of the internet, akin to an…
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India become first country to ban .XXX domains
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (thankfully and creatively abbreviated as “ICANN”) recently approved the domain suffix of .XXX – to replace the commonplace .com, .co.uk, .org etc. – and you can imagine the type of publisher who would want use such a web domain. Some would obviously take offence, and a number…