Here's my frustration. As FamilyPC 's Robin Raskin advocates, we could avoid the pornography predicament by imposing a .xxx domain for adult content . Cities have zoning regulations for adult businesses. Movies have ratings to protect kids. The same concept will work on the Web.
Current plans are vague and unfairly punish service providers who unknowingly host pornography.
Think about it. AOL has 12 million members. By contrast, it would be relatively simple to enforce the .xxx domain idea. If you want to host adult content, you must do so on a .xxx domain, making it simple and easy for parents and schools to filter out what they don't want. And making it straightforward to define who is in violation without restricting freedom of expression.