Plans for .xxx domain name has been shelved again, dealing another blow to the US-backed addressing system Icann.
Amidst various pressures from different groups, Icann’s board decided to delay the plan again on Friday at a meeting in New Zealand. The latest hold-up was to allow time for the company which had applied to administer the new domain to prove that it had adequate safeguards in place, said Paul Twomey, ICANN’s CEO.
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