Protecting minors is a noble goal, one that we support here at AnchorDesk. But the American Civil Liberties Union says this particular plan is dangerous to free speech. 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.