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Adult websites to be assigned .xxx domain

June28

Pornographic websites will soon all be assigned domain names ending in .xxx, after receiving the go ahead from ICANN, the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers.

The decision is favoured by many as it will make it easier to filter or block adult content - good news for parents protecting their children online.

According to Internet Pornography Statistics, the word“sex” is the number one search term in the world, accounting for a quarter of all internet searches.

posted under Unsuitable content, Web filtering

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“Adult websites to be assigned .xxx domain”

On July 12th, 2010 at 1:00 pm physical therapist Says:
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