EU Slams ICANN Interference With Sex Site Vote |
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Huw Jones (reuters@telecom-digest.org) Thu, 11 May 2006 12:18:26 -0500
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By Huw Jones
The Internet governing body's decision to reject a new .xxx Internet
The board of the U.S.-based Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and
Supporters said a .xxx domain would have made it easier to confine sex
The EU executive said the decision underscored the need to make ICANN
"We see here a first clear case of political interference by ICANN,"
He said correspondence between ICANN and the U.S. Department of
ICANN, a California-based non-profit group, cannot make changes to the
"It's a worrying development that the U.S. administration has
He urged further steps to complete the privatization of ICANN in the
ICANN said in a statement on Wednesday that its discussion had focused
The .xxx application was seen as a test case of ICANN's independence.
At a summit in Tunis last November, the United States fought off
The U.S. control of the domain-name system had become a sticking point
The United States argued that such a body would stifle innovation with
Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited.
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