[governance] ICANN Board Vote Signals Era of Censorship in Domain Names

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

true, but some countries could be zoned to have no .XXX or .abortion,  
and that would strongly resemble censorship.

a.

On 3 apr 2007, at 10.58, Bret Fausett wrote:

> I think it's important to distinguish between "censorship" (which I  
> think most would define as the total blocking of access to content)  
> and "zoning" (which is placing restrictions on the place at which  
> one may place content). Government regulations, in the U.S. or  
> elsewhere, that used the .XXX TLD would "zone" pornographic speech,  
> not censor it. If you can access content at a .XXX TLD, it's not  
> "censored," it's just zoned.
>

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