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have let pro viders of adult entertainment Sites voluntarily Register with the new Domain making it easier for families to avoid ageing Propri ate materials this is the third time the Icahn Board rejected such a proposal from ice what does this somewhat obscure inter National organization have to do with How me internet will be managed and How governments around the world will View their role in regulating Content quite a not necessarily All Good the Issue of what to do about online porn while protecting free speech goes Back Sev eral years the communications decency act of 1996 a portion of the telecommunications act that made it a crime to place on the internet any sexual expression that was patently offensive or indecent unless the material could be effectively shielded from minors was struck Down by the supreme court a year later for being too Broad next came the child online Protection act copa of 1998 with provisions for age verification and other measures to shield children from harmful Content copa also established a congressional com Mission to consider the Best Way to protect kids online a hold was put on the substantial part of the Law for nine years after a re cent Federal court ruling upholding the in Junction the government is deciding whether to Appeal other Bills have been floated and still More have been drafted i first became aware of the proposed xxx Domain during my time As a congressionally appointed member of the copa commission in 2000 the promoter was sen Joseph Lieber Man of Connecticut he argued that rather than constricting the nets open architecture it would capitalize on it to effectively shield children from pornography and it would do so without encroaching on the rights of adults to have Access to protected speech ice registry agreed took up the idea of the xxx Domain and promoted it to Icahn the global coordinator of Domain names the first proposal was rejected in 2000 on me grounds that Icahn did not want to be in the Conten regulation Busi Ness a revised contract from ice with a proposed new body the International foun Dation for online responsibility was rejected in 2004 on the grounds that the bid was too vague after incorporating Canns concerns and addressing the organizations fear of being seen As a global Content cop ice submitted a further revised bid in Jan uary this too has been turned Down a troubling undercurrent to this unfold ing Saga is the Impact of the governmental advisory committee of Icahn on the de Doona byry Bates delays and decisions of the main Board Many have argued that this commit tee has been used to promote a stance of the Bush administration and has put undue pressure on the staff and Board of Icahn some of the main opponents of the xxx Domain Are members of the us religious right who fear that its acceptance would legitimize Pom critics say the White House is Overly sympathetic to these views and the constituency they represent the implication and grave concern of those who care about the governance of the internet is that the United states exerts a disproportionate amount of influence at a time when the administration is at pains to declare Canns Independence and free Dom from us based policy other coun tries Are not convinced and Many observers worry that moves by China and others to create their own governing bodies Are underway so where does All this leave Icahn while some will be cheering the decision Many More will be left wondering How this body can retain whatever semblance of transparency objectivity and Independence of government interference it claims to possess the decision by Icahn influenced As it has been by political pressures chips away at the fundamental value of the internet for All of us involved in the online world and that is virtually All of is a worrying trend Stephen Balkam is ceo of the family online safety Institute this column first appeared in the Baltimore Sun by Garry Trudeau such input stay khat you working on