Porn Sites can now get .xxx Domain Names, Parents and Network Admins Please Watch Out

The door has now been opened so that those in the adult content industry can now, until October 28, register their trademark to avoid having their trademark being taken by another entity. It is predicted that a somewhat-large amount of entities will use this opportunity to establish a home on the .xxx domain extension. I'm sure that the porn industry is absolutely thrilled about this one. Some have made the argument that this domain can be used to easily identify adult websites to protect children from adult content, but is this totally the case?

It is true that this can be used to easily identify adult sites. Parents and network admins can configure filtering software to keep adult content away from children and keeps workers from wasting work time browsing this kind of material. However, the weakness with this approach is that of voluntary acceptance. Even with the establishment of this .xxx domain extension, porn sites can still use .com domain names or domain names with other domain extensions for their content. There is no forcing of pornographic sites to move to the .xxx domain. This means that parents and network admins must still stay on their toes to shield the young from this material, although this job does get a bit easier by being able to filter out any .xxx website. Companies and organizations can (and should) do their part by opting their trademark domain name out of the available choices for .xxx domain names.

This is a good indicator on how our society is (still) fixed on pornography. Some say that this is a win-win for those looking for adult content and for those wishing to shield the young and others from it. I say that this is a lose-lose situation. As a reminder, we all have the mandatory moral and ethical obligation to shield the young from this sinful content. This kind of content should not exist on the internet to begin with, but the establishment of the .xxx domain is a good step in the right direction. Without forcing pornographic sites to move to the .xxx domain extension, however, this doesn't have as much strength and those wishing to shield the young lose due to voluntary enforcement. For those who willingly look for this kind of content on the internet (no matter where the content is), I would also like to remind you that this is a MORTAL Sin against the 6th commandment because pornography is a form of lust and it violates the dignity of women everywhere, diminishing them to mere sexual objects instead of respecting the human dignity of women.


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