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To: Prudent Investor who wrote (1772)	11/2/2001 8:22:54 PM
From: Bob Walsh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1781

TECH UPDATE U.S. takes lead on an Internet domain geared to kids WASHINGTON — House lawmakers are considering having the government establish a kid-friendly Internet domain since the international body that governs domain names has refused to create a suffix for child-appropriate content. The bill originally called for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to create a ".kids'' domain, which would join other suffixes such as ".com'' and ".org'' found at the end of Web addresses. But the measure was amended yesterday to create a ".kids.us'' site, which would be overseen by the federal government. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Nancy Victory told the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet that Japan, China and some European countries had objected to the original legislation, saying the United States should not establish guidelines for the World Wide Web. "Unilateral action by the United States to create an international 'dot kids' domain is at odds with the global nature of the Internet and a domain name system,'' Victory said. Panel Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich. said the change makes it more likely the plan will be adopted. "My view is that if we were to rely on (the Internet naming organization) to get its act together to implement a 'dot kids,' my young kids would be parents perhaps by the time it got done, if at all,'' he said. The organization's board voted against the .kids suffix last November amid concerns about who would set the standards for child-appropriate material. The House bill says that only sites with material deemed appropriate for children under 13 could get a ".kids.us'' suffix. -- Associated Press