As a follow up to my earlier post about the proposed .XXX domain for adult content, it appears that ICANN has rejected the proposal yet again. One of the main reasons for rejecting the domain was the concern that ICANN would get tangled up in the business of regulating content, when their official madate is to oversee the technical aspects of the domain name system.

The decision also mentioned the various incongruent international laws relating to adult content, and ICANN would be put in the position of further making decisions on what is appropriate for the .XXX domain. In addition to going against their technical mandate, it would place ICANN in a pseudo-law enforcement or judicial position.