<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">@Barrack</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">I'm in agreement with you. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">@Mercy and all this link might be useful:-</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="https://www.internetjurisdiction.net/">https://www.internetjurisdiction.net/</a></font><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Regards</font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 7:17 AM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Mercy,<br><br></div><br></div>Most registrars that register Country Code Top Level Domain registries encounter this requirement. A high number of Country Code Top Level Domain Registries are under some form of supervision by Regulatory Agencies across the globe. This is especially so in Africa where a majority of the registries (approximately 40 %) are operated by a regulator , government institution or University as such it is common to find clauses limiting offensive and inappropriate registrations in the registry policy. This is a debatable issue but again governments serve as moral police within their respective territories. The case is different for generic Top Level Domain registries which are more consumer driven, (the .xxx kind)<br><br></div>Regards<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 6:40 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Internet Governance Project did an analysis of the ToS of 74 registrars who manage 90% of all domains. Their findings are intriguing especially since they show that there is a link between domain name policy and internet content regulation. </div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">e.g.:</div><div>
















<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="georgia, serif"><i>We found the ToS of 26 registrars using the term “moral” in
some manner, ranging from prohibiting use of the domain that is “contrary to” or
“violates good morals”, or requiring that the domain or content found at the
domain "must comply with...social public morals” or “good morals", to
the most frequently found restriction of domain name use in "morally
objectionable activities". </i></font><font style="font-size:14pt" face="Helvetica"><span></span></font></p>

</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="https://via.hypothes.is/http://www.internetgovernance.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/AmoralReg-PAPER-final.pdf" target="_blank">https://via.hypothes.is/http:/<wbr>/www.internetgovernance.org/wo<wbr>rdpress/wp-content/uploads/Amo<wbr>ralReg-PAPER-final.pdf</a><br clear="all"></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Might be of interest.</div><span class="m_5425682147720425408HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_5425682147720425408m_-8774553635098733491gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>Mercy Mutemi</b>. <br></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><i><br></i></b></span></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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