Saudi Arabia opposes .gay internet domain name

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13 years ago

Not sure how much clout KSA has in stopping the creation of Domain names for the whole world but thought it was quite amusing as to some of the comments for having them banned:

List of objections:
The .gay string is not the only gTLD that Saudi Arabia is opposing.

The country has also objected to:

.sex on the grounds it would increase the proliferation of pornographic material on the web.

.virgin, .sucks, .dating and .baby because they might also be used by pornographic sites.

.tattoo because the practice is contrary to religions "such as Islam and Judaism".

.wine and .vodka since they could glamourise the consumption of alcohol.

.africamagic because it "implies that it is linked to black magic and this is considered offensive".

Source: BBC News...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19259422

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Salman Omrani VIP Member

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13 years ago

S'o ooo ... this was a news bulletin?

gokhanTheConqueror Active member

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13 years ago

this is good really good..

1maxboss Guest

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13 years ago

Salman Omrani wrote:
S'o ooo ... this was a news bulletin?

Kind of but in the technology section!

1maxboss Guest

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13 years ago

gokhanTheConqueror wrote:
this is good really good..

Really- in what way?

Freshlikesushi ViP

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13 years ago

ironically, noone in the world will care what saudi has to say about the internet in the places that will be creating....you know since most of the internet is blocked here haha