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.Kids Domain Closer to ApprovalThe U.S. House of Representatives approved May 21 a bill to establish a .kids.us Internet domain that would only allow Web sites appropriate for children 12 years old and younger. The Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002 (H.R. 3833) would require sites in the new domain to certify that they do not contain sexually explicit material, hate speech, violent images, or other material unsuitable for minors, Reuters reported May 21. The sponsors of the bipartisan bill were Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and John Shimkus (R-Ill.). Similar legislation is expected in the Senate from Sens. Byron Dorgan (D-N.Dak.) and John Ensign (R-Nev.). The board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) had voted in November 2000 not to establish a kid-friendly domain, calling it unfeasible. At that time Markey and Shimkus tried to pass some legislation forcing ICANN to create the domain, but backed off when they were advised that the corporation was not under U.S. control. The new bill places a .kids subdomain under the control of NeuStar, the Washington-based telecommunications firm that now manages the .us country-code domain. Posted May 27, 2002. |
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