The Town Hall meeting, which is officially now open and can be found at ASACP.org/townhall, aims to encourage healthy dialogue among industry professionals on the issue of self-labeling, in hopes of further deterring increased scrutiny from the government agencies and other anti-adult organizations.
The most extreme to date, Congress recently proposed legislation that would require adult website operators to post warning labels on each offending page or face prison terms.
Joan Irvine, executive director for ASACP, described the Town Hall meeting as a chance to hear from the industry on what they want and what works best.
Irvine added that ASACP, also known as the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection, has been approached by various mainstream and adult companies on developing an 18 + label for adult content sites, and that broad and voluntary acceptance of self-labeling could help protect children online as well as demonstrate the adult industry’s commitment to preventing children from viewing adult content.
“ASACP represents the combined efforts of many adult companies when it comes to protecting children from adult material,” Irvine said. “ASACP has stepped up on this issue and will facilitate an industry-wide discussion.”
Irvine also plans to encourage further discussion related to self-labeling at upcoming adult industry conferences, including moderating a panel at the XBIZ Summer ‘06 Forum in Las Vegas, July 12-14.
