Adult domain dot xxx gets its official Approval from ICAAN? meaning you can now have domain such as “www.your-name.xxx”

Official approval has been given for the creation of a net domain dedicated to pornography.

The board of net overseer Icann gave initial approval for the creation of the .xxx domain at its conference in Brussels.

Icann’s approval will kick off a fast-track process to get the porn-only domain set up.

The decision ends a long campaign by ICM Registry, the backers of .xxx, to win approval.
Porn police

Icann, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, said the next step would be talks with ICM Registry to ensure that it still had sufficient backing from the adult industry to justify its creation.

Icann oversees the net’s addressing system and demands that new top level domains, such as .biz, must be “sponsored” in that they must serve the needs of a defined community.

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