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ICRAchecked Search Beta

We are exploring different ways in which the ICRAchecked data can be used to annotate search results. One route is through the LADI search interface, developed under the Quatro project. Another is through Google’s new Customized Search Engine system. The search box above offers a full Google search but gives preference to sites in the […]

The Family Online Safety Institute: Protecting your online future

The Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) is an international, non-profit organization of internet leaders working to develop a safer internet. ICRA has long believed that self-regulation leads to the best balance between the free flow of digital content and protecting children from potentially harmful material. The centrepiece of the organization is the descriptive vocabulary, often […]

Kingston Communications joins ICRA to help make the internet safer for children

Company to provide ICRA website hosting and maintenance Hull, UK, 14 July 2006. KINGSTON Communications has today announced that it has signed up as a member of the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA), the non-profit organisation that exists to create a safer Internet environment. Kingston joins other major Internet and communications companies in working with […]

ICRA and Verizon Continue Partnership to Make the Internet Safer for Children

$70,000 Verizon Foundation Grant Will Help ICRA Educate Industry, Parents, Lawmakers on the Use of Labeling to Increase Effectiveness of Web Content Filters WASHINGTON< D.C. 21 July 2006 – The Verizon Foundation has awarded a $70,000 grant to the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) to promote online safety for children. The grant will fund efforts […]

Website Rating And Advisory Council Uses ICRA Labeling To Power New ParentalControl Bar

Internet Content Rating Association’s Labeling Standard Powers Free Browser Filtering Tool Washington, DC. – 12 July 2006 The Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) and the Website Rating and Advisory Council (WRAAC) today announced that WRAAC will use ICRA’s labeling standards to support its ParentalControl Bar software, a free, effective browser filtering tool that enables parents […]

PFF and ICRA Hold Joint Brussels Roundtable

EU Commissioner Viviane Reding to Offer Opening Address The Progress & Freedom Foundation and the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) will be co-hosting a private roundtable discussion on Wednesday, June 14th in Brussels near the headquarters of the European Commission to discuss issues surrounding digital content. “Mission Impossible? – Protecting Children and Free Expression in […]

Tribal Fusion And ICRA Partnership Affirms Importance of Privacy and Quality Standards

EMERYVILLE, CA – April 26, 2006 – Online advertising network and leading site-representation company Tribal Fusion has announced that it will renew its exclusive partnership with the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA), an organization that exists to protect children from potentially harmful material while preserving free speech on the Internet. The partnership reinforces Tribal Fusion’s […]

ICRA lance un système permettant aux enfants d’utiliser l’Internet en toute sécurité

Les efforts pour protéger les enfants qui utilisent l’Internet tout en respectant la liberté d’expression des développeurs de sites ont connu un nouveau développement aujourd’hui. L’Association de classification du contenu de l’Internet (ICRA), une organisation indépendante et à but non lucratif, basée en Europe et en Amérique du Nord, a rendu public son nouveau système […]

ICRA präsentiert neues System zum Jugendschutz im Internet

Die Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) stellte heute auf ihrer Website icra.org ihr neues Selbstklassifizierungssystem für Internet-Inhalte vor. Mit dieser Neuentwicklung ist die unabhängige und gemeinnützige Organisation ICRA einen großen Schritt in ihren Bemühungen für einen effizienteren Jugendschutz im Internet vorangekommen. Das neue System ist das erfolgreiche Ergebnis einjähriger Beratungen und Entwicklungen, um ein weltweit […]