ASACP Releases Best Practices for Twitter Users

LOS ANGELES — The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) has announced the addition of a recommendation for adult operators posting links on social marketing sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, to its established Best Practices.

According to the association, its Best Practices were developed to help businesses to maximize their ability to stop online child pornography and help parents to protect their children from unknowingly viewing age-inappropriate content on the Internet.

"The adult entertainment industry is always an early adapter of technology," ASACP CEO Joan Irvine offered. "So, it's no surprise that as Twitter's popularity continues to grow, more of the industry will participate in this free social networking and micro-blogging service."

"We feel it's important to make sure everyone is doing what is possible to protect children on Twitter," she stated. "On Facebook and MySpace you can have some control over the age requirement for someone to 'friend' you; however, many people have no idea of the age of people following them on Twitter. This in turn means that posting a link to adult entertainment could unintentionally lead a child to age-inappropriate content."

"Granted there are no perfect solutions, but ASACP's Best Practices are the best tools available to protect children and your company," Irvine added.

The ASACP Twitter / Social Networking Marketing Best Practice states that "If you direct people to your site from Twitter, Facebook or other online social networks, ensure that all of your adult content pages are labeled with the Restricted to Adults (RTA) website label. This way, parental filters will be able to block access to your adult content and prevent children from being exposed to age inappropriate material."

"We want to make sure the industry can continue to benefit from the usefulness of Twitter, without experiencing a backlash from concerned parents, lawmakers or the service itself," Irvine said. "For example, it was because of the industry that MySpace grew so quickly. But look what happened: because of pressure from the Department of Justice, MySpace disallowed direct links from adult entertainers' pages."

"How much revenue did you lose when this occurred?" Irvine asks. "MySpace could have just required that all such sites be labeled with RTA and incorporate filtering tools for children under 18."

Irvine also noted that in only two years, more than 2.2 million sites have labeled with RTA and there are now more than five billion hits daily to these RTA-labeled pages; and that major parental control software such as Net Nanny and SurfSafely; operating systems from Microsoft and Apple; Internet browsers such as Internet Explorer and Safari, plus search engines like AOL and mobile carriers AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, all recognize RTA. Now, it's up to parents to do their part to monitor their children and install one of the many parental filtering systems available today.

"We encourage everyone, whether they are an ASACP member or not, to review our Best Practices regularly," Irvine concluded.

Related:  

Copyright © 2025 Adnet Media. All Rights Reserved. XBIZ is a trademark of Adnet Media.
Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission is prohibited.

More News

Federal Judge Grants Partial Halt of Florida AV Law

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Tallahassee Division, has granted a preliminary injunction against HB 3, the state's age verification law, as a lawsuit filed by two online trade associations challenging the law makes its way through the courts.

Aylo Releases Statement on Suspending Access to Pornhub in France

Technology and media company Aylo, which operates adult sites including Pornhub, YouPorn, and Redtube, has released a public statement regarding its decision to block access to its sites in France.

Pornhub Blocks Access in France in Response to SREN Law

Pornhub parent company Aylo has opted to block access to its sites in France rather than comply with age verification requirements under the country’s Security and Regulation of the Digital Space (SREN) law.

Pineapple Support to Host Wellness Sessions at Bucharest Summit

Pineapple Support is hosting free group and one-on-one therapy sessions at Bucharest Summit, June 3-5.

ASACP Highlights Study on Parental Controls

The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) is highlighting the results of a study on the underutilization of parental controls.

Sydney Screams Launches New Site Through Grooby's Blue.xxx

Sydney Screams has launched her new membership site, SydneyScreams.xxx, through Grooby's website management company Blue.xxx.

Mistress Mystii Is LoyalFans' 'Featured Creator' for June

LoyalFans has named Mistress Mystii as its Featured Creator for June.

Canadian Senator Revives Push for National AV Law

Sen. Julie Miville-Dechêne, whose previous multiple attempts to legislate national age verification requirements all failed, has introduced a new bill that would impose fines of up to $500,000 on adult sites that do not implement age verification for Canadian viewers.

FSC Submits Statement to House Committee in Support of FIRM Act

Free Speech Coalition has announced that it submitted a statement to the House Financial Services Committee in support of the Financial Integrity and Regulation Management (FIRM) Act.The announcement follows:

Plaiir Joins Pineapple Support as Supporter-Level Sponsor

Plaiir has joined the ranks of over 70 adult businesses and organizations committing funds and resources to Pineapple Support.

Show More