[governance] ICANN Board Vote Signals Era of Censorship inDomain Names

[Milton Mueller]

>>> Vittorio Bertola <vb at bertola.eu> 04/03/07 7:04 PM >>>
>Incidentally, even if this wasn't a factor in the decision, I 
>think that, if ICANN had approved .xxx, one minute later 
>there would have been many governments suggesting to 
>freeze the introduction of new gTLDs until ICANN started 
>to be more considerate in choices. In realpolitik 
>terms, it would have been a disaster.

Thank you, Vittorio, for admitting the real reason why the Board
majority voted against .xxx. 
Can we dispense with the other rationalizations now? 



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