ICRA empowers parents to make choices about what digital content their children can and cannot see. Choice not censorship is the phrase that best sums up our philosophy. Different families will have different views about what is and is not appropriate for children of different ages. This is true within a single country but is […]
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The ICRA system encourages content providers (webmasters) to self-label. That is, it is the content providers themselves that add their own ICRA label to their sites declaring what types of content are present or absent. What is to prevent a content provider mislabelling? Can you trust an ICRA label? Yes. Mislabelled site procedure In ICRA’s […]
Take personal responsibility for ensuring your child’s safety. Define for your family what is acceptable internet use and what is not. Educate yourself in the key issues surrounding internet use. Look for local resources like computer or internet classes at a community college, night classes at a local high school, etc. Learn how to use […]
Die Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) ist ein internationaler, gemeinnütziger Verband führender Internet-Organisationen, die zusammenarbeiten, um ein sichereres Internet zu entwickeln. Die ICRA vertritt seit langem die Überzeugung, dass Selbstregulierung zum besten Gleichgewicht zwischen dem ungehinderten Fluss digitaler Inhalte und dem Schutz von Kindern vor potenziell schädlichem Material führt. Das Kernstück der Organisation ist das […]
You can just print out this page, BUT… if you download the special version, print it out and stick it up on your wall right next to your computer, it’ll look a whole lot better. Have a look to see whether you have a program on your computer called Adobe Acrobat Reader. This is a […]
Exposed breasts Bare buttocks Visible genitals Passionate kissing Obscured or implied sexual acts Visible sexual touching Explicit sexual language Erections/explicit sexual acts Erotica No violence Abusive or vulgar terms Profanity or swearing Potentially harmful activities may be, but are not known to be, depicted User-generated content such as chat rooms and message boards (moderated) User-generated […]
Exposed breasts Bare buttocks Visible genitals No sexual material No violence No potentially offensive language No potentially harmful activities No user-generated content This material appears in an artistic context This material appears in a medical context The label declares that it was issued on 2008-8-1 Labels file is in ICRAchecked database The Internet Content Rating […]
We’ve done our best to make labelling your website as easy as possible, however, we recognize that it can be confusing, especially for non-technical webmasters. As part of ICRAchecked, therefore, we offer the Label Assist service which comprises: A review of your site and the creation of the appropriate label(s) Hosting the label(s) on our […]
We’ve done our best to make labelling your website as easy as possible, however, we recognize that it can be confusing, especially for non-technical webmasters. As part of ICRAchecked, therefore, we offer the Label Assist service which comprises: A review of your site and the creation of the appropriate label(s) Hosting the label(s) on our […]
This page shows the original ICRA vocabulary, first published in December 2000, along with the definitions and guidance notes. The vocabulary is available in a machine-readable format as a PICS1 .rat file. PICS labels generated using this vocabulary are still supported in ICRAplus however any new usage of the ICRA system should be built on […]