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Whitehouse.com was an adult and political entertainment website that first came online in 1997. According to a statement on the web, it was originally created by Dan Parisi as a place where uncensored discussion of government policies could occur before adult content was added to make it more profitable.
Controversy
Part of the controversy about Whitehouse.com was that users wishing to visit the website of the White House (www.whitehouse.gov) could easily go to the adult website instead. Although all U.S. government sites end with the .gov name extension, .com is a much more common ending on the web, and is frequently entered by mistake. In addition, many web browsers add ".com" to the end of an address if no suffix is entered, so simply typing "whitehouse" into the address bar would lead one to whitehouse.com. Because of the explicit and commercial content of the site, it was frequently cited as one of the most egregious examples of domain name misuse, up until the domain was sold. The website is now a "free speech forum" where users can post their thoughts about politics in the United States and abroad.
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@PoloDa_Don i think that was the day we found out that whitehouse.com was a porn site and whitehouse.gov is the real deal lls
miss_mist (Sierra Morris) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:45:41 -0000
@PoloDa_Don i think that was the day we found out that whitehouse.com was a porn site and whitehouse.gov is the real deal lls
Domain name abuse a global problem - New Zealand is not alone in its annoyance over the lack of moderation in some areas. In the USA, the White House has expressed its displeasure over the use of the domain whitehouse.com by a porn merchant. [Aardvark]
Government Parasites - Stealth Web pages feed off addresses [San Francisco Chronicle]
Porn site protest backfires - A California man was so appalled by the bogus sexual images of the First Family on the pornographic Whitehouse.com site that until Wednesday, he pointed about 400 Net addresses to the site, leading some unassuming surfers to nudity instead of content one would expect to find at Billofrights.com or GarthBrooks.org. [cnet]
Meta Description: [ Porn site protest backfires | A Netizen's plan to generate fury by redirecting URLs with country stars' names to a porn site backfires, putting him in the legal hot seat. | March 6, 1998, 12:50 PM PT | Courtney Macavinta ]
When a typo leads to porn - Typos, an ordinary occurrence in the fast-typing world of cyberspace, can sometimes turn into a problem when users unwittingly hit adult Web sites. [News.com]
Meta Description: [ When a typo leads to porn | Typos, an ordinary occurrence in the fast-typing world of cyberspace, can sometimes turn into a problem when users unwittingly hit adult Web sites. | July 14, 1997, 6:45 PM PT | Jeff Pelline | Courtney Macavinta ]
White House in porn domain dispute - The X-rated whitehouse.com Web site has drawn the ire of the real White House, which has sent a letter challenging the owner's right to use the president and the first lady as a marketing device. [News.com]
Meta Description: [ White House in porn domain dispute | The proprietor of the X-rated whitehouse.com site gets a letter challenging his right to use the president and first lady as marketing devices. | February 3, 1998, 5:35 PM PT | Jeff Pelline ]
Whitehouse.com goes to porn - Some people already suspected that Hillary Clinton liked leading her husband around, but not with a leash and studded collar. [News.com]
Meta Description: [ Whitehouse.com goes to porn | Some people already suspected that Hillary Clinton liked leading her husband around, but not with a leash and studded collar. | September 5, 1997, 3:30 PM PT | Jeff Pelline ]
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