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Indonesia Passes Law Banning Online Porn

The Indonesian parliament has passed a law that will restrict access to pornographic and violent Web sites.The country, which has an 85 percent Muslim majority, has been at odds over the subject of pornography the last few years. "I think we all agree there's no way we can save this nation by spreading pornography, violence and ethnic hostility," Information Minister Mohammad Nuh told reporters.

.XXX Rejected by ICANN

The ICANN board voted to reject the application for assignment of the .xxx top-level domain by a vote of 9 to 5, with 1 abstaining. Today’s decision brings to an end the current round of domain name proposals that began back in 2004. Porn site owners will now be able to rest easy knowing that they won’t have to let go of their .com domains anytime soon. Likewise, opposition from the religious realm proclaims victory in their efforts to thwart the mainstream appeal of pornography across the Internet.

Porn Domain Vote To Come Tomorrow

Officials of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN) are becoming increasingly leery of adopting the “.xxx” domain for pornographic websites amid concerns from government officials, the porn industry itself and, oddly enough, many religious groups.

Microsoft Sued for Failing to Hide Porn

Microsoft has seen its share of legal proceedings throughout recent years, answering charges alleging antitrust violation, copyright infringement and just about everything in between. This lawsuit, however, may take the proverbial cake. A Massachusetts man has filed suit against the Redmond-based software company seeking compensatory and punitive damages stemming from, what the plaintiff asserts, breeches and data security and the failure of Internet Explorer to keep delete his browsing history and keep his Internet habits private.

Yahoo Sued Over Child Pornography Group

Yahoo Inc has been hit with a lawsuit, which was filed on May 9 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, concerning a Yahoo Group where trading of child pornography was occurring.

Microsoft Teams Up With Police Forces To Target Child Pornography

Microsoft has agreed to join forces with police forces in an effort to put a stop, or at least a huge dent in online child pornograhpy. The agreement calls for a two-year collaboration, with Microsoft developing a computer system that will allow global police agencies to share information in order to track online child predators.