.NU Domain Partnership Strengthens Policies Against Illegal Use of Internet Domain Names.Business/Technology Editors MEDFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2000 .NU Partners with National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to Stop Illegal Use of Domain Names .NU Domain Ltd (www.nunames.nu), one of the fastest growing Top Level Domains (TLDs) on the Internet, today announced a partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a private, non-profit organization established in the United States in 1984 under United States government mandate. (NCMEC NCMEC National Center for Missing & Exploited Children NCMEC National Concrete and Masonry Engineering Conference ) to strengthen its long standing policy against illegal use of Internet domain names. In partnership with the NCMEC, the .NU Domain has implemented a direct link on its Web site (www.nunames.nu) to the NCMEC's CyberTipline (www.cybertipline.com). This direct link enables Internet users to immediately file complaints of suspected child pornography Child pornography is the visual representation of minors under the age of 18 engaged in sexual activity or the visual representation of minors engaging in lewd or erotic behavior designed to arouse the viewer's sexual interest. on the Internet with the NCMEC, which then forwards the complaints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice charged with investigating all violations of federal laws except those assigned to some other federal agency. , US Customs Service, US Postal Inspection Service and local law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). , if applicable, for action. "Since our inception we have had solid policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental against the illegal use of domain names, including any use for child pornography or child abuse," said J. William Semich, president of .NU Domain Ltd. "Through this partnership we have implemented a mechanism for users to report any suspected illegal use of domain names for child pornography, entrapment entrapment, in law, the instigation of a crime in the attempt to obtain cause for a criminal prosecution. Situations in which a government operative merely provides the occasion for the commission of a criminal act (e.g. or abuse to responsible authorities." "Most people don't understand that even though we can revoke a domain name for being used for an unlawful action, that does not result in shutting down the abuser's website," added Semich. "It requires action by a law enforcement agency Noun 1. law enforcement agency - an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation - a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice or court of law to shut down a website completely." .NU Domain's strict policies against the illegal use of domain names provide for the revoking of domain names used to promote child pornography and hate groups. In addition to its partnership with NCMEC, .NU Domain plans to establish partnerships with similar international organizations. "We are pleased to be working with the .NU Domain on its efforts against the illegal use of Internet domain names," said Ruben Rodriguez, Director of the Exploited Child Unit and National CyberTipline at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. "As far as we know, .NU Domain is the only international Top Level Domain with specific prohibitions against using domain names to promote child pornography and abuse." About NCMEC NCMEC is a private, nonprofit organization that works internationally as a resource center and clearinghouse for information on child victimization victimization Social medicine The abuse of the disenfranchised–eg, those underage, elderly, ♀, mentally retarded, illegal aliens, or other, by coercing them into illegal activities–eg, drug trade, pornography, prostitution. issues. Since it was established in 1984, it has played a role in reuniting over 50,000 missing children with their families. For more information about NCMEC, visit its Web site at www.missingkids.com or call its toll-free hotline, 1-800-843-5678. About .NU Domain Ltd . NU Domain Ltd, a US-based private corporation, offers the only competitive alternative to Network Solutions Inc.'s. (Nasdaq:NSOL) .com domain name. .NU Domain Ltd targets end users and the small office/home office See SOHO. (SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. ) market, as well as Internet users in countries with restrictions on the domain name registration process. The .NU domain is one of the fastest growing TLDs on the Internet. Current .NU registered customers are located in dozens of counties throughout the world, including Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, Norway, Italy, the UK, Spain, Brazil, New Zealand, Finland, Indonesia, Belgium, Singapore, France, the Canary Islands, Australia, Canada and the Philippines, as well as the US. The list of registered .NU domain names ranges from names registered by large corporations including, International Data Group Corp. at http://www.idg.nu, The Coca-Cola Bottling Company at http://www.coca-cola.nu and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. at http://www.goodyear.nu to personal sites like the Swedish floor ball team Sodra Karr at http://sodrakarr.se.nu. .NU Domain Ltd also offers domain name parking services for customers who need to lock in a domain name but have no immediate plans to use it, the .NU InstantWeb Forwarding Service that provides URL forwarding for your .NU domain name to a GeoCities, Tripod or other Web site without a unique domain name, and .NU InstantMail Forwarding so AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , GeoCities, Hotmail and other mail service users can have a unique .NU mail address. You can visit .NU Domain Ltd on the World Wide Web at http://www.nunames.nu. |
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