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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 […]

The Family Online Safety Institute: Protecting your online future

No nudity No sexual material No violence No potentially offensive language No potentially harmful activities No user-generated content This material appears in a news context The label declares that it was issued on 2005-10-2 Labels file is in ICRAchecked database The Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) is an international, non-profit organization of internet leaders working […]

The Family Online Safety Institute: Protecting your online future

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 […]

The Family Online Safety Institute: Protecting your online future

Aug. 17, 2004 Tool Links with ICRA System So Authors Can Add Content Labels to Web Sites Microsoft Corp. and the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) today released a new free add-in for Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003, the premier Web site creation and management application. This new tool helps web site authors more easily add […]

The Family Online Safety Institute: Protecting your online future

Leading Provider of Adult Content Supports Internet Content Rating Association’s Self-Regulatory Efforts LOS ANGELES and WASHINGTON, DC. – May 15 2006 – Vivid Entertainment Group, the leading adult film studio, said today it will support the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) by adopting self-regulatory labelling and other steps to prevent access by children to online […]

The Family Online Safety Institute: Protecting your online future

ICRA, the Internet Content Rating Association, has announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with Microsoft Corporation enabling Microsoft to utilise the ICRA system in a range of products such as Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Frontpage. Separately, Microsoft has made a financial contribution to ICRA in support of the ongoing work […]

The Family Online Safety Institute: Protecting your online future

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 […]

The Family Online Safety Institute: Protecting your online future

Leading Supplier of Parental Control Filtering Software Supports Internet Content Rating Association’s Self-Regulatory Efforts Washington, DC. – 11 October 2006 The Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) today announced that RuleSpace, a leading supplier of parental control filtering software, has joined ICRA. ICRA is a non-profit organization that exists to protect children from potentially harmful material […]

The Family Online Safety Institute: Protecting your online future

6th March 2002 Internet Content Rating Association Salutes Visionary Companies for Aggressive Stance On Self Regulation, Web-Site Labeling Washington, DC, March 6, 2002 – Leading companies in the adult entertainment industry ranging from Larry Flynt Productions and MaxCash to YNOTMasters and Epoch are taking a proactive and aggressive stand to protect children from inappropriate or […]