An interesting objection appeared today in the new ICANN comment section from the Communication and Information Technology Commission, Kindom of Saudi Arabia, who is objecting to the new gTLD application for .Baby
“”We consider there is a risk that this string is used in the same way as .XXX to host pornographic websites.
“Many individuals and societies may find this string offensive on religious and/or cultural grounds. We oppose the introduction of this gTLD string on both of these grounds, and because pornography causes huge damage to society’s social fabric. Pornography undermines gender equality and threatens public morals by objectifying and exploiting women. The values expressed in pornography clash with the family concept and they undermine the traditional values that promote marriage, family, and children. Pornography frequently depicts irresponsible behaviour by parties who take no long-term responsibility for their actions.”
“Studies have shown that exposure to pornographic material causes decreased respect for long-term, monogamous relationships, and diminishes the desire for procreation.””
“There are already thousands of pornographic websites on the internet. Allowing the applied-for string to be registered, can only increase proliferation of pornographic websites and pornographic material that may be accessed on the internet, often without any restriction, by the world’s population including, of course, children.”
“Therefore, we respectfully request that ICANN refuse the application for this gTLD string.”
The Saudi Agency has also filed a comments objecting to .adult, .Bar, .casino, .gay, .dating (also think its porn), .Hot (also thinks its porn), .poker, .porn, .sex, .sexy, .Style (thinks its for tattoo’s) .Tattoo( “Many large societies of the world consider tattooing contrary to their culture, morality and religion such as Islam and Judaism. The creation of a gTLD string which promotes tattooing will be offensive to these societies and cultures, representing billions of people worldwide. We would therefore respectfully request that ICANN refuse the application for this gTLD string”) not surpisinly the Kingdom is less than thrilled over .WTF
The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) is the information and communications technology sector (ICT) regulator in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (SA).
Amongst its roles and responsibilities include:
• Granting licenses in the ICT sector
• Protection of users’ rights
• Setting service quality standards
• Preparation of policies, regulatory frameworks and studies of ICT sector in SA
• domain name administration in SA
• Increasing the information security awareness level in SA
• Supervision of the National Committee for Information Society in SA
I hope the Saudi’s win.
i m currently in saudi 🙂
tx for sharing.
If anyone had applied for .humanrights I bet they’d have objected to that too.
Kandy
Sounds like a fun place
@mic
yep, born in Kandy Sri Lanka and employing in Jeddah KSA 🙂
Hilarious!!!
Yet another reason that the GTLDs are doomed to fail and only the strong .com will survive.
Coming from the country that publicly beheads people for ‘sorcery’…
@MHB
If you’re rich, it can be a lot of fun there. For those from Sri Lanka like kandyjet, (and my girlfriend who is also Sri Lankan), who often have to travel out of their country to find work, it probably wouldn’t be as much fun.
@Gypsum
If you’re from the US, you’ll remember what happened in Salem. But of course, that was nothing compared to what happened to the American Indians. Or the Blacks, etc…
Every country has done (and likely, are still doing) things that just aren’t right.
Grim
I’m pretty sure to be Rich in Saudi Arabia its a whole different standard than being rich in the US.
As far as fun goes not really wanting to live in a society where they don’t permit and clearly don’t allow sex, drinking, and 150 other topics they are against.
I am surprise the object to .baby since Prophet Mohammed married and had sex with a baby.
@grim,
wow sri lankan girl friend 😀
@Michael
Yes, you’re right, to be “rich” in Saudi Arabia has a different meaning than being rich here in the States. My point was, the rich there, including the hypocritical religious leaders who make the laws, can pretty much do whatever they want, if they like. The people are oppressed, but even the poorer folks make their own booze, if they want it. Everyone knows it happens, just like everyone knows a good number of people in the US smoke pot, even though that’s illegal.
@kandyjet
Yes, she’s from Colombo, but has lived in California for over 10 years now.
Nobody is going to register any of them anyhow unless they are free, and when did the word baby become pornographic…….
How about .whine for the Saudi TLD
.Wankers?
Mike
The Saudi apparently think almost any extension is going to be for porn or else for gambling or drinking which they don’t seem to like too much either.
Would scratch off your list of vacation spots
We Jews tend to not vacation in Arabia, they are projecting porn and liquor on everything where it doesnt exist inherently.
@MM – ” they are projecting porn and liquor on everything where it doesnt exist inherently.”
Yep – that’s what happens when natural urges are suppressed.
@Mike Mann
“We Jews tend to not vacation in Arabia”
Why would you , nothing better than your original homes in Poland, New York, Russia and Europe .They are much better places for your vacation and even settlement than in Palestine and Arabia 🙂
Dubai
They haven’t objected to anything yet.
@ Mary
“Prophet Mohammed married and had sex with a baby”
That’s an incorrect and misleading statement. All his wives were adults, one of them was over 71 years old
@Mike Mann
“How about .whine for the Saudi TLD”
How about .Moan for the Israeli TLD 🙂
or .hoax for the Israeli TLD 🙂