[LINK] ICANN may consider domain name for children

[Tony Barry]

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This item has been extracted from -  Edupage, October 2 2000

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ICANN MAY CONSIDER DOMAIN NAME FOR CHILDREN
Monday night was the deadline for submitting new domain name
proposals to ICANN's 19-member board, which could receive an
interesting submission--a proposal for the introduction of a
.kids domain name suffix.  Page Howe, a father of four living in
San Diego, came up with the idea for the .kids domain, which
would serve as an area on the Internet that would be free of
pornography and other material deemed inappropriate for
youngsters.  The .kids domain would provide children with a "safe
and entertaining" haven on the Web, Howe says.  "This would solve
some of the decency issues on the Internet," says Howe.  Howe
said he would continue to press his case in the future even
if ICANN rejects his idea this time around.  If his idea is
approved, Howe's company, Kids Domain, would manage the .kids
domain name database and would take on the added responsibilities
of monitoring content and enforcing the standards for Web sites
and advertisers that target children.  Howe has plunked down
$500,000 for the address system application and has earmarked $10
million in funding for Kids Domain. (Cnet, 29 September 2000)
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