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The Family Online Safety Institute

La Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA, Association de classification du contenu d’Internet) est une organisation internationale à but non lucratif réunissant les leaders d’Internet et visant à développer un Internet plus sr. Depuis longtemps, l’ICRA pense que l’autoréglementation permettrait d’atteindre un meilleur équilibre entre la libre circulation des contenus numériques et la protection des enfants […]

The Family Online Safety Institute: Protecting your online future

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 […]

The Family Online Safety Institute: Protecting your online future

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 […]

The Family Online Safety Institute: Wir engagieren uns für ein sichereres Internet

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 […]

The Family Online Safety Institute: Protecting your online future

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 […]

The Family Online Safety Institute: Protecting your online future

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 […]