WWW- Concerned Women for America (CWA) says the plan by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to create a XXX domain for Internet porn sites is an idea that should be canned because it creates more problems than it can possibly solve.

“This idea has been kicked around for several years and the only possible winners are in the porn industry,” said Jan LaRue, CWA’s chief counsel. “Because it’s voluntary, the porn site operators have the best of both worlds. They can double their pleasure, double their fun by locating on this domain and remain on any of the other domains on which they’re registered.

“The only restriction on XXX domain participants is for any sexually explicit content to feature only adults, but there’s no requirement to block access to kids. It legitimizes pornography and makes it even easier for kids to find it. It won’t make software filters any more effective,” LaRue added. “People who equate this with zoning brick-and-mortar sexually oriented businesses are clueless about cyberspace and how it operates.

“Most of the porn sites offer hard-core porn that is prosecutable under federal law. Giving them a XXX domain makes as little sense as giving illicit drug cartels a domain,” LaRue concluded.