[FYI] Firms Ignore Kids-Only Internet Domain

["Axel H Horns" <axel.h.horns@gmx.net>]

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56963-2004Feb20.html>

Firms Ignore Kids-Only Internet Domain  

By David McGuire  

washingtonpost.com Staff Writer  

Friday, February 20, 2004; 6:39 AM  

When Congress cordoned off an Internet playground for children, 
supporters hoped it would give young surfers the benefits of the 
World Wide Web without its many dangers. But more than a year after 
President Bush signed the "dot-kids" legislation into law, the online 
haven looks more like a ghost town than the theme park envisioned by 
its backers.  

A little more than 1,500 people have plunked down $100 to $160 to buy 
a dot-kids address since the addresses went on sale last June, but 
only eight are attached to live Web sites. Twelve sites have been 
submitted for a mandatory content review.  

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