India to oppose .XXX Internet Domain
Posted March 24th, 2011
“After ,the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved .xxx suffix for pornographic websites,India announced that it will seek to block the .XXX top-level domain .
The ministry of IT issued the following statement :
“India along with many other countries from the Middle East and Indonesia opposed the grant of the domain in the first place, and we would proceed to block the whole domain, as it goes against the IT Act and Indian laws.Though some people have said that segregation is better, and some countries allow it. But for other nations transmission and direct distribution of such content goes against their moral and culture.”
Distribution of adult content is illegal in India under the Indian Penal Code.”
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Tags: .xxx, India
Posted in gTLDS by Kelly Hardy
