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.cx is the
country code top-level domain A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all tw ...
for
Christmas Island Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island, is an States and territories of Australia#External territories, Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean comprising the island of the same name. It is about south o ...
administered by the
Christmas Island Internet Administration The Internet in Christmas Island is supplied bChristmas Island Fibre Internet(CiFi). According to the 2016 Australian census, 78.5% of the island's population accessed the Internet from home. History From March 2017 to October 2021, Christm ...
, through the Christmas Island Domain Administration Limited.


Management

The Christmas Island Internet Administration is a community-owned non-profit company which also provides Internet service to the island's residents. .cx is a member of the
Council of Country Code Administrators A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or nation ...
, a group of country-code domains making use of common registry and/or dispute resolution services.


History

The top-level domain was formerly administered by Planet Three Limited, a company with offices in the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
and
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
, which went bankrupt and ceased operations, voluntarily transferring management to the Christmas Island Internet Administration (called .CX Limited at the time). The local (shire) government of Christmas Island endorsed the transfer, but the Commonwealth of Australia (which has international authority over Christmas Island as an external territory) did not immediately approve it. Australia has since published a memorandum of understanding which recognises the Christmas Island Internet Administration as the legitimate manager of .cx.


Controversy

The domain achieved a certain degree of notoriety when it was used for the
shock site A shock site is a website that is intended to be offensive or disturbing to its viewers, though it can also contain elements of humor or evoke (in some viewers) sexual arousal. Shock-oriented websites generally contain material that is pornogra ...
goatse.cx, to the point the Christmas Island Internet Administration was forced to take down the website following complaints by Christmas Islanders.


References


External links


Christmas Island Internet Administration

Council of Country Code Administrators



Christmas Island Domain Administration Limited
Communications in Christmas Island Country code top-level domains Internet properties established in 1997 {{compu-domain-stub