Force all adult sites on to .xxx domains, says Family First

[Aussie Rebel]

Not sure if this has been posted before. Fuck .xxx

Think of the children! Force all adult sites on to triple-x domains, says Family First

PORN sites should be legally banished to the new .xxx domain to make the web safer for children, Family First has urged.

Triple-X domain names went on sale for the first time last week, allowing adult businesses to register their trademark under an official adult domain.

Dennis Hood, Family First?s leader in South Australia, told news.com.au there was no good reason why adult businesses should continue to operate under a .com address.

?Family First strongly believe the government should legislate to require all adult internet sites to move over to a .xxx domain so that children will be able to be safe online,? he said.

?If they?re as serious about child safety online as they claim then this must be done without delay.?

A spokesperson for Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said X18+ content was already banned and could not be hosted on Australian-based websites.

?The Government could not legislate to force overseas content to move to a .xxx domain,? the spokesperson said.

?Further, the Australian Government has actively opposed .xxx because .xxx would not assist the community in avoiding adult content.

?It is likely that adult sites would simply be replicated on .xxx rather than replacing existing sites.?

News.com.au yesterday easily found sites selling X-rated videos, adult services and portals to pornography hosted on Australian .com.au domains, despite government assurances.

Australian Sex Party Convenor Fiona Patten told news.com.au the ICM Registry ? which distributes .xxx domains, must ?be rubbing their hands together hearing what politicians are saying?.

The x-rated domain would be an easy way for the Federal Government to censor adult content online, she said.

?A .kids domain would be much more appropriate,? she said.

?I use the analogy of the playground - rather than trying to put child-proof centres on every corner, we put a fence around the playground and let them play in there,? Ms Patten said.

source: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technolo...-1226135733634

[TeenCat]

retards first ...

[AdultKing]

What's worse is that members of the Liberal party are saying similar things.

[femdomdestiny]

Maybe he would change his mind if he take a look into teen phones and see what they are filming,. Anyway, what's wrong with porn....if there was no porn, how he could be born at all?

[AdultKing]

Robbie Swan and co from the Eros Foundation are right on to this, they lobby Canberra on behalf of the whole adult industry. It's worth joining the foundation if you're an Aussie webmaster.

[halfpint]

This was talked about years ago over here in the UK They wanted all adult sites taken away from the mainstream part of the web. So maybe this .xxx is the start of it

[Klen]

Any kind of filter can be easily bypassed by using proxy so it doesn't have sense at all.

[DamianJ]

Think of the children!

[rowan]

Originally Posted by KlenTelaris

Any kind of filter can be easily bypassed by using proxy so it doesn't have sense at all.

That's the ironic thing. The kids (I use that term loosely, meaning more horny teenagers rather than innocent preteens) who are specifically SEEKING this content probably know more about getting around this kind of filtering than the adults who legislated it in the first place.

A walled garden for kids is more practical than building a barricade at the entrance to every adult site.

But pollies never go for the feasible solution...

[blackmonsters]

Originally Posted by Aussie Rebel

Not sure if this has been posted before. Fuck .xxx



source: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technolo...-1226135733634

If they are serious about protecting children then they would simply turn the fucking
computer off before a pedo gets on facebook/youtube/twitter and "friends/follows" their child.


They're fucking idiots.

[BIGTYMER]

Not gonna happen.

[Fabien]

Oh yeah ??????????????
Are you really sure about that ?

Step one has begun. This is the worst but the worst possible thing that could happen. We need to do everything we can about this SERIOUS matter.

Want to make money with adult, fight till your last breath about it.

[blackmonsters]

Originally Posted by femdomdestiny

Maybe he would change his mind if he take a look into teen phones and see what they are filming,. Anyway, what's wrong with porn....if there was no porn, how he could be born at all?

Ummmm, we are not going to elect you to represent us with your arguments because
nobody needs porn to be born.

[BlackCrayon]

Weren't these same people totally against .xxx now they want to put all adult sites there? make up your mind!

[blackmonsters]

Originally Posted by BlackCrayon

Weren't these same people totally against .xxx now they want to put all adult sites there? make up your mind!

They were for it before they were against it and for it because it's after.

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by KlenTelaris

Any kind of filter can be easily bypassed by using proxy so it doesn't have sense at all.

Originally Posted by rowan

That's the ironic thing. The kids (I use that term loosely, meaning more horny teenagers rather than innocent preteens) who are specifically SEEKING this content probably know more about getting around this kind of filtering than the adults who legislated it in the first place.

A walled garden for kids is more practical than building a barricade at the entrance to every adult site.

But pollies never go for the feasible solution...

the problem is that 98% of PAYING porn consumers are dumb as shit when it comes to technical aspects. only the leechers will be able to bypass those filters cause they are used to find workarounds

[nation-x]

I remember when everyone was freaking out over 2257 too...

[spazlabz]

Originally Posted by Fabien

Oh yeah ??????????????
Are you really sure about that ?

Step one has begun. This is the worst but the worst possible thing that could happen. We need to do everything we can about this SERIOUS matter.

Want to make money with adult, fight till your last breath about it.

I think this is a positive sign as far as Australia goes

“The Government could not legislate to force overseas content to move to a .xxx domain,” the spokesperson said.

I think the bigger concern will be the US. Family First is a large lobby here in the States, they have a branch in the state I live in as well. If groups like this, Focus on the Family and a few other far right wing social conservative groups pick up this battle cry then I think our industry could be in for some big trouble

it is my biggest fear concerning .xxx

addendum: Do you think that ICM is contacting those right wing groups and trying to convince them to raise their voice about this? I may be paranoid but I believe they are

[justinsain]

I'd like to know where the line would be drawn as to what makes a site " Adult "

Could implied nudity be considered adult so Facebook would have to move to .xxx

Could a Sports site that has a weekly gallery of their favorite " Sports Babe " be considered adult.

Could a mainstream site that has links to some " adult " oriented content then be considered adult.

Or will it be a judgement call for those in power that will know it when they see it.

[spazlabz]

Originally Posted by justinsain

I'd like to know where the line would be drawn as to what makes a site " Adult "

Could implied nudity be considered adult so Facebook would have to move to .xxx

Could a Sports site that has a weekly gallery of their favorite " Sports Babe " be considered adult.

Could a mainstream site that has links to some " adult " oriented content then be considered adult.

Or will it be a judgement call for those in power that will know it when they see it.

my best guess as to what would be considered 'adult' would be anything the FCC (in the US) would not allow on the big 4 channels CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox visually speaking. So if you're showing nipples, bush and bare ass then you get labelled as adult as a minimum

[MaDalton]

how are those regulations in AU much different than Iran or Afghanistan anyways?

[iamtam]

not going to happen because it would fail first amendment test in the us, and the us would be a leader. so all that would happen is australian porn companies would be forced into .xxx and ignored and the horny surfers would enjoy us sites.

[Klen]

Originally Posted by iamtam

not going to happen because it would fail first amendment test in the us, and the us would be a leader. so all that would happen is australian porn companies would be forced into .xxx and ignored and the horny surfers would enjoy us sites.

Didnt noticed this was from AU,no wonder since they have title as most backward first world country ;)

[spazlabz]

Originally Posted by iamtam

not going to happen because it would fail first amendment test in the us, and the us would be a leader. so all that would happen is australian porn companies would be forced into .xxx and ignored and the horny surfers would enjoy us sites.

I hope you are right I really do. But my faith has been shaken pretty hard lately when it comes to the US Government and its adherence and interpretation of the Constitution. I could see them basing a decision to force adult sites onto .xxx arguing that it was not the intent of the first amendment to protect prurient speech

[justinsain]

Originally Posted by spazlabz

my best guess as to what would be considered 'adult' would be anything the FCC (in the US) would not allow on the big 4 channels CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox visually speaking. So if you're showing nipples, bush and bare ass then you get labelled as adult as a minimum

If that was the chosen line and every website that showed the above either had to remove it or move to .xxx the internet landscape would change dramatically. Add the ability to filter .xxx and " adult " will be screwed.

[DaddyHalbucks]

A porn ghetto? Who would have ever thought?

[SallyRand]

I think that many of you fail to realize the power of the Theo-Facists in the USA.

You should be scared; very scared.

[spazlabz]

Originally Posted by justinsain

If that was the chosen line and every website that showed the above either had to remove it or move to .xxx the internet landscape would change dramatically. Add the ability to filter .xxx and " adult " will be screwed.

I think it is a ridiculous standard for the internet as well as for TV but such is the society we live in. I cannot think of a single, family orientated website, that will show a nipple, a bush or a bare ass anywhere on their site. The US is so conditioned to these groups that self censorship is alive and well and holding creativity hostage all across the 50

here is an example Frederiks of Hollywood, if there was one 'mainstream site' you would expect to see a nipple it would be there. I mean people would just accept it from a site like that. I could not find one and I checked the ultra sexy section

[xholly]

well it is the family first party, a fringe conservative political party with no representation in the senate at all.

"Elected to the Senate at the 2004 federal election on two percent of the primary vote in Victoria, Steve Fielding failed to gain re-election at the 2010 federal election. His term ended on 1 July 2011, after which the Family First Party no longer had federal parliamentary representation"


and the government of the day announced "Further, the Australian Government has actively opposed .xxx because .xxx would not assist the community in avoiding adult content."

so there's really not much to this and in fact the Australian government is actively opposed to .xxx

of course it is worrying that far conservative parties can use .xxx as a platform to latch onto.

[camperjohn64]

Can we force all religious websites to .stupid TLD?

[justinsain]

Originally Posted by spazlabz

I think it is a ridiculous standard for the internet as well as for TV but such is the society we live in. I cannot think of a single, family orientated website, that will show a nipple, a bush or a bare ass anywhere on their site. The US is so conditioned to these groups that self censorship is alive and well and holding creativity hostage all across the 50

here is an example Frederiks of Hollywood, if there was one 'mainstream site' you would expect to see a nipple it would be there. I mean people would just accept it from a site like that. I could not find one and I checked the ultra sexy section

They've been airbrushing nipples out of the bra pictures in the SEARS catalog forever just like they do in your example so it can pass guidelines making it available to anyone. Nothing new there.

The FCC guidelines you've noted for TV don't apply to magazines and movies released in theaters and on disc so the line of what's " Adult " moves over. Personally, I would think the line would be drawn the same as what requires 2257 documentation. Anything less than that reaches into what defines and or differentiates Art or Medical or anything else that contains a nude or partially nude image or likeness.

[_Richard_]

Originally Posted by SallyRand

I think that many of you fail to realize the power of the Theo-Facists in the USA.

You should be scared; very scared.

are you threatening us?

[BFT3K]

This is what buying .xxx domain names is like...

[JFK]

Originally Posted by camperjohn64

Can we force all religious websites to .stupid TLD?

Bless You

[HardlinkSells]

I guess I'll just put mainstream keywords in my posts instead of adult

[u-Bob]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

how are those regulations in AU much different than Iran or Afghanistan anyways?

They aren't

[epitome]

Are contributions public in Australia?

Would love to see how much money ICM donated to them.

[epitome]

Originally Posted by _Richard_

are you threatening us?

Do you feel threatened by an ugly 65 year old frail man who lives with his mom and assumes multiple female personalities on the Internet?

Well, you should be!

[Barry-xlovecam]

[miguelf]

I'll keep my .com's

[D Ghost]

Actually it makes it even "Less safe for children" (whatever that shit means)... because now all you have to do is type in SOMETHING.XXX and you have your pr0n.

[BIGTYMER]

Originally Posted by miguelf

I'll keep my .com's

Me too. .com always has and always will be KING.

[DBS.US]

Dennis Hood, Family First?s leader in South Australia

[Rochard]

If they were really about family first, they would be giving a lot of consideration to their children - and online predators. That's the real fear.

[AdultKing]

I encourage all aussie webmasters to join and support the Eros Foundation. They're in Canberra lobbying on our behalf every day of the week.

[FlowerKid]

If they force us to move to .xxx it's also time to ban the "social" crap like Facebook and Twitter to .soc or something, because this is what really makes bad people.

[Adam_M]

Originally Posted by AdultKing

I encourage all aussie webmasters to join and support the Eros Foundation. They're in Canberra lobbying on our behalf every day of the week.

I agree, Eros are good people and work hard of our rights. Fiona Patten is a great lady and one of the hardest working people I know!

[PornMD]

We all pretty much saw this coming. It wouldn't work, but would still be incredibly annoying if this silly idea ever picked up steam.