ASACP to Moderate Panel at Sex in Video Games Conference

LOS ANGELES — The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) has announced that Joan Irvine, executive director for the non-profit organization dedicated to protecting children online, will moderate a panel discussion at the upcoming Sex in Video Games Conference in San Francisco.

The Sex in Video Games Conference will run from June 8-9. While the event’s stated purpose will be to focus on the design, development and technology of sex in video games, Irvine will moderate a panel titled “Morals & Ethics & Sex & Games.”

According to Irvine, the panel discussion will focus on some of the ethical questions raised by digital erotic entertainment. While video game makers don’t face the same issues that online providers of adult content encounter, Irvine was quick to point out that both industries face similar challenges.

“The people designing and marketing adult games face some unique dilemmas,” Irvine said. “But they’re also up against many of the same challenges that the adult entertainment industry has been dealing with for a long time. ASACP is used to helping adult companies balance responsibility and good business practices with freedom of expression and evolving technology, so I hope to bring some of that perspective to the discussion.”

Joining Irvine on the panel will be Tom Hymes, communications director for the Free Speech Coalition and attorney Lawrence Walters, both well-known 1st Amendment advocates for the adult industry.

Rounding out the panel will be ethicist Ren Reynolds and Deb Levine, executive director of Internet Sexuality Information Services. Both are expected to discuss censorship, sex crimes in virtual spaces and keeping kids away from online adult games.

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