The first protests against the .GAY domain
Today, the first public protests against the introduction of the top-level domain .gay and other domains of similar subjects were heard.
Their author was Abdulaziz al-Zoman, director of SaudiNIC, the administrator of the national domain zones of Saudi Arabia.
He writes that homosexuality in many countries is prohibited by law and does not comply with generally accepted standards, so ICANN should not allow the registration of a .gay domain and other domains for homosexuals.
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Al-Zoman draws attention to the fact that the reform of the Internet, which is carried out by ICANN, will have an impact on the entire world community, therefore ICANN in its decisions should take into account not only Western culture and Western values, but also the values and culture of other countries and peoples. If homosexuality is allowed by law and is accepted by public morality in the United States, ICANN's homeland, this does not mean that ICANN has the right to distribute it worldwide by entering the .gay domain, which will be available to Internet users in all countries. If in American society there is a need for such a domain, then it must be registered at the second level (for example, gay.us), but not in the global root zone.
Most of all, the GAC - a commission of government representatives, whose task is to reconcile the decisions of ICANN with the social, cultural and religious norms of other countries, will speak out against the .gay domain. To protest on behalf of the GAC, according to the existing rules, the consensus of the entire commission is not required - the disagreement of one or several representatives (for example, from Muslim countries) is enough. ICANN may reject the GAC protest, as it did when introducing a domain for pornography — XXX, but such a decision could threaten an international scandal that could result in blocking some gTLDs at the government level or even separating the Internet of some countries from the common domain name system.
But so far, no country has decided to take such risky and binding steps, so the most likely prediction is that ICANN resolves a domain for gays, and, despite all the protests, it is again out of thin water.
Their author was Abdulaziz al-Zoman, director of SaudiNIC, the administrator of the national domain zones of Saudi Arabia.
He writes that homosexuality in many countries is prohibited by law and does not comply with generally accepted standards, so ICANN should not allow the registration of a .gay domain and other domains for homosexuals.
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Al-Zoman draws attention to the fact that the reform of the Internet, which is carried out by ICANN, will have an impact on the entire world community, therefore ICANN in its decisions should take into account not only Western culture and Western values, but also the values and culture of other countries and peoples. If homosexuality is allowed by law and is accepted by public morality in the United States, ICANN's homeland, this does not mean that ICANN has the right to distribute it worldwide by entering the .gay domain, which will be available to Internet users in all countries. If in American society there is a need for such a domain, then it must be registered at the second level (for example, gay.us), but not in the global root zone.
Most of all, the GAC - a commission of government representatives, whose task is to reconcile the decisions of ICANN with the social, cultural and religious norms of other countries, will speak out against the .gay domain. To protest on behalf of the GAC, according to the existing rules, the consensus of the entire commission is not required - the disagreement of one or several representatives (for example, from Muslim countries) is enough. ICANN may reject the GAC protest, as it did when introducing a domain for pornography — XXX, but such a decision could threaten an international scandal that could result in blocking some gTLDs at the government level or even separating the Internet of some countries from the common domain name system.
But so far, no country has decided to take such risky and binding steps, so the most likely prediction is that ICANN resolves a domain for gays, and, despite all the protests, it is again out of thin water.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/148784/
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