Re: Internet Porn

On 20 Oct 2009, at 3:11 AM, Tom wrote:

> I'm not sure where to direct this suggestion.
>
> There are numerous petitions floating around the internet regarding  
> ways to isolate adult or pornographic content from non pornographic  
> contents. Most aim to modify the existing singular domain name  
> resolution system to include some kind of porn domain identifier.  
> Since domain names themselves could be considered "pornographic",  
> such a solution would not isolate the intended content, it would  
> only tag it making it no better than current isolation techniques.
>
> My suggestion is that the W3C begin work on specifications for a  
> completely isolated DNS network replete with a "Porno" netmask  
> (240.240.240.0) intended specifically for pornographic materials.  
> The "Porn" net would be a non-default set of DNS servers requiring  
> voluntary configuration and would require that a person deliberately  
> add a unique DNS server to their network configuration to even  
> access the "Adult" portion of the internet. This would allow Adult  
> materials to exist without restriction yet not interfere with normal  
> web browsing. It would also relieve public servers of the task of  
> constantly screening web contents.
>
> Where do I go from here?
> -- 
> TRBAILEY.NET


Hello Tom,

Tim Berners-Lee has written about this topic:
  http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/TLD

W3C has been working on tools to help people annotate content (rather  
than manage this at the DNS level).
I do not think W3C would be an appropriate forum for a DNS-related  
approach to managing content.

  _ Ian Jacobs, Head of W3C Communications

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Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org)    http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/
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Received on Tuesday, 20 October 2009 14:06:27 UTC