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Labelled with ICRA

No nudity No sexual material No violence No potentially offensive language No potentially harmful activities No user-generated content This material appears in an educational context The label declares that it was issued on 2005-10-3 Labels file is in ICRAchecked database The Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) is an international, non-profit organization of internet leaders working […]

ICRA – aus der Webmaster-Sicht

Bei der ICRA geht es um Entscheidungsfreiheit statt Zensur. Wir laden Sie als Webinhaltsersteller ein, Ihre Online-Inhalte auf eine Weise zu beschreiben bzw. zu kennzeichnen, die von Computern verarbeitet werden kann. Das System ist auf größtmögliche Objektivität ausgelegt: Die ICRA selbst nimmt keinerlei wertmäßige Beurteilung von Inhalten vor. Benutzer, in der Regel Eltern junger Kinder, […]

Phil Archer

Chief Technical Officer Family Online Safety Institute Science and technology have always figured prominently in Phil’s formal education and private passions. Nevertheless it was a varied career path which lead to him joining ICRA (now FOSI) in April 2000. For 7 years Phil worked in local radio in different parts of Britain as a commercial […]

Report illegal online material to these hotlines

FOSI does not deal with illegal material on the internet. This is done by specialist agencies that usually work closely with national police forces and Internet Service Providers to locate and remove such material, and, where possible, to prosecute the offender(s). The international nature of the internet makes enforcement of “the law” extremely difficult. There […]

Final draft of revised vocabulary published

24th December 2004 Final draft of revised vocabulary published ICRA’s Vocabulary Review Group completed its work in December 2004 by presenting the board with a final draft of its proposed changes. After further discussion the draft was approved and is now available for wider comment. The revised vocabulary is due to supersede the existing system […]

Family Online Safety Institute Associate Members

FOSI’s Associate Membership exists to allow smaller companies and individuals to support FOSI’s twin aims of: protecting children from potentially harmful material; and, protecting free speech on the internet. FOSI is proud to count many companies and individuals as Associate Members. They have all made a commitment to label websites they create and maintain, and […]