---
title: whitehouse.gov
date: "2002-05-22T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1327
description: I reflect on the surprising lack of legal action from whitehouse.gov against the satirical parody site whitehouse.org, noting a moment of official restraint regarding domain name use and political satire in the early 2000s.
keywords: [whitehouse.gov, whitehouse.org, satire, parody, domain names, internet history]
---

Nice of [whitehouse.gov](http://www.whitehouse.gov/) not to have sued [whitehouse.org](http://www.whitehouse.org/).