- From: Daniel Weitzner <djweitzner@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 15:28:07 -0500
- To: "Paul Cotton" <pcotton@microsoft.com>
- Cc: <www-tag@w3.org>
Hi Paul, On Mar 15, 2004, at 3:03 PM, Paul Cotton wrote: >> Indications are that ICANN may consider creation of a new sTLD >> (sponsored Top Level Domain[1]) for the purpose of identifying and >> filtering of content considered harmful or objectionable. > > Can you give us some more background on why you think this might > happen? > Has such a proposal actually been made? > I believe that the deadline for new proposals to ICANN is 16 March. As soon as there is a precise proposal, I'll send it along to the TAG and indicate any relevant deadlines. > [2] gives arguments against such a TLD but wouldn't an actual proposal > make arguments for the merit of such a TLD? Yes. It would be good to have a look at an actual proposal, as opposed to just speculation. Danny > > /paulc > > Paul Cotton, Microsoft Canada > 17 Eleanor Drive, Nepean, Ontario K2E 6A3 > Tel: (613) 225-5445 Fax: (425) 936-7329 > mailto:pcotton@microsoft.com > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: www-tag-request@w3.org [mailto:www-tag-request@w3.org] On Behalf > Of >> Daniel Weitzner >> Sent: March 10, 2004 11:38 AM >> To: www-tag@w3.org >> Subject: Use of TLDs as content filtering mechanisms (.xxx or .sex) >> >> >> Indications are that ICANN may consider creation of a new sTLD >> (sponsored Top Level Domain[1]) for the purpose of identifying and >> filtering of content considered harmful or objectionable. This issue >> has been discussed in the past under the rubric of .xxx or .sex. >> >> I believe that ICANN could benefit from the TAG's view of the > following >> questions: >> >> 1. How would such a proposal effect the operation of URIs and other >> aspects of the Web? >> >> 2. Does the TAG believe that such a sTLD would be effective in > limiting >> access to inappropriate material, whether for children, adults or >> others prohibited by law from accessing certain material? >> >> 3. Are there existing solutions to the problem of controlling access > to >> harmful content or are there other approaches that would be effective? >> >> 4. Don Eastlake has written about this question. Does the TAG agree >> with RFC 3675 (Eastlake)?[1] >> >> Thanks, >> >> Daniel Weitzner >> W3C Technology & Society Domain Lead >> >> >> >> links: >> [1] >> http://www.icann.org/tlds/new-stld-rfp/new-stld-application-parta >> -15dec03.htm >> [2] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3675.txt
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