ASACP Clarifies Its Neutral Position on .XXX

LOS ANGELES - The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) has issued a statement about how the organization neither approves nor disapproves of .xxx.

In 2003, ASACP was approached by ICM Registry to support .xxx. The ASACP Advisory Council decided that such support was not within the ASACP mission; therefore, ASACP does not take a position on the concept of .xxx.

ASACP works with other associations such as Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA) to help them be more effective in their efforts in the battle against child pornography and last month ASACP launched cpHotline.org with DCIA's P2P Patrol.

If ICANN approves .xxx, ASACP would finalize a service agreement with ICM Registry/ International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR) for the use of cphotline.org. In addition, since IFFOR plans to contribute to various child protection associations, ASACP would accept such a contribution.

On May 17, 2004, ASACP posted a letter "applauding IFFOR and ICM Registry's initiative to integrate tools and technology for finding and reporting child pornography websites into their proposed registry application."

"I am surprised that people are attacking ASACP for potentially providing the use of cpHotline.org to IFFOR. Plus, this has been public information for over a year," Joan Irvine, executive director of ASACP said. "When people asked, I told them ASACP's position and the potential for the service agreement. I will be attending Cybernet Expo in San Diego next week and will be on the 'Hot Issues and Problems in the Adult Internet' seminar on Tuesday, June 14 at 1:45 p.m.. If anyone has additional questions, please feel free to contact me."

The ASACP mission is to help battle child pornography on the Internet. It provides a child pornography (CP) reporting hotline and a self-regulatory vehicle for its members through a Code of Ethics that promotes the protection of children through responsible, professional business practices. Also, it offers the benefit to its members of monitoring traffic to their sites, which proves to government agencies that these sites are in no way involved with CP.

For further information visit www.asacp.org.

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