Vice President, Government Relations Verizon Online Services, Inc. and Verizon Entertainment, Inc. Fred Cooke is responsible for all public policy development and execution for the video and data lines of Verizon’s business. He oversees the development of policies to support the data and video business goals by coordinating with legal, marketing, operations, federal and state […]
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Vice-president of the Netherlands Film Institute Director Kids@ndMedia, Phrixus Foundation Independent Media watcher consultant. From 1989 to February 2001, the month in which the Netherlands Government abolished the law on the Film Performances Act, Mr.Crans was director of the Netherlands Board of Film Classification (NBFC). Before that he had already worked in the field of […]
Office Manager, Internet Content Rating Association Cath was born and lived in Wiltshire (Great Britain) until her early twenties where she worked for a Chartered Accountants. During this time she gained a good all-round knowledge of secretarial and accountancy areas. After 10 years with the firm, she sought the excitement of London and began working […]
Senior VP & Chief Policy Officer Network Solutions Inc Roger Cochetti is Senior VP & Cheif Policy Officer for Network Solutions Inc. Previously with IBM where he coordinated IBM’s efforts to ensure that government policies and regulations worldwide were supportive of electronic business and the Internet. Prior to which Roger held the position of Program […]
Executive Director Center For Democracy & Technology Jerry Berman is the Executive Director of CDT. The Center was founded in December of 1994 by Mr. Berman and Daniel Weitzner. Mr. Berman coordinates CDT’s free speech and privacy policy working groups comprised of communications firms, associations and civil liberties groups addressing Internet policy issues. He also […]
Chief Executive Officer, Internet Content Rating Association In a career that stretches back twenty years, Stephen Balkam has demonstrated a capacity for visionary leadership, forward planning and advocacy at the highest levels of government, business and the non-profit sector. Stephen’s remarkable career includes directorships of four organizations, including two start-ups. He has worked with over […]
Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and The First Amendment Director, The Information Society Project, Yale Law School Jack M. Balkin is Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School. He teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law (with a special emphasis on the First Amendment), torts, jurisprudence, telecommunications […]
Vice Dean School of Communication Studies Peng Hwa Ang teaches media management and law at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. A lawyer by training, he worked as a journalist before going on to pursue a Master’s in communication management at the University of Southern California and a PhD in the mass media at Michigan State […]
Image courtesy of Corbis The Protecting Kids with Digimarc program is similar to the Internet Content Rating Association’s website labeling system in that it enables content providers to voluntarily self-regulate their web content in an effort to help make the internet safer for children and to reduce the likelihood of stricter government regulations. […]
If you have been through the rating process before, you can immediately begin the questionnaire NOW. The ICRA labelling system is an open, objective, content-based rating system designed to provide a filtering capability through the web browser. The ICRA rating categories are based upon specific definitions that guide the web author through a checklist of […]