Online Porn Ghetto a Good Idea
A porn-only internet domain, where addresses have the suffix xxx not www, could help end “accidental pornography”, according to Guardian columnist Barbara Ellen.
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A porn-only internet domain, where addresses have the suffix xxx not www, has the support of Guardian columnist Barbara Ellen. “Ultimately, asking that someone type xxx instead of www has got naff all to do with censorship. If anything, it’s helpful. In the supermarket, people don’t march around the cheese or wine aisles looking for washing powder. So why must they search the entire internet looking for porn?” “Never mind the self-serving flannel about censorship, dedicated space online will result in an online porn ghetto, with sex sites filtered out more efficiently, loss of passing traffic and plummeting revenue.”
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