The Internet's regulatory body rejected a plan to adopt a new ".x x x!" domain for sex-oriented websites after heated protests from the United States and elsewhere.
[edited by: trillianjedi at 2:50 pm (utc) on May 11, 2006]
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ICANN a year ago opened technical and commercial negotiations for the new top-level domain with the .#*$! extension, for what was billed as a self-regulated adult-themed area of cyberspace.
I don't think many people believe it would always continue to be "self-regulated."
