The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers or ICANN has approved the implementation of the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) last March 18.

This move of ICANN, however, led a group of pornographers or adult webmasters to protest against the implementation of the said TLD.

The protesters complains of the increase in domain name charges, $60 to $70 per domain, the government can easily ban or censor .XXX websites and it may connote that they are irresponsible. Some of the protesters threaten also that they will file a lawsuit if .XXX is approved.

On the other hand, ICM Registry is the company behind .XXX TLD.  .XXX, according to them, gives an identifiable mark for those who patron adult entertainment and for those who do not want to come into contact with porn sites. In other words, if you want to avoid adult contents, you can easily block those websites with an extension name of .XXX even without using expensive software. To learn more about .XXX and why we need it, please click here.

Most of the obscene websites are using .com TLD, and because of that you’ll never know that a website is pornographic or not, unless you enter the website or unless the domain name clearly identifies it is a porn site.

The decision of ICANN will surely rocks the online adult entertainment industry, however, this will surely makes the internet a safer place to explore.

What is your opinion on this?