I was about to write a scathing and lengthy dissection of ASACP one of these days (the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection...along with a nice blistering debunking of Free Speech Coalition...though those can wait ) but this caught my eye and was wondering what this board's thoughts are:


ASACP Announces "Restricted to Adult" Label

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*Eighteen months ago*, First Amendment attorney Paul Cambria promised the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on the Internet that the adult Internet industry would find a way to prevent minors from accessing adult material on the Web.
Now, thanks to the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP), it has.

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(Thanks Mark)

ALL HAIL THE INDUSTRY'S SAVIOR! Really, after **18 months** and all they come up with is a little metatag and label for YOUR website: "Restricted to Adult"? Did ASACP blow its budget on a marketing focus group to make sure the label looked nice or something? (On that note, anyone even know what their annual budget is? It should be publicly available if they're a non-profit)

What exactly makes this tag so much more important than current filtering systems? Do these "industry leaders" really think it will have any lasting or long term effects on keeping kids from accessing porn? Do they really believe that it will have any lasting affect on legislators or really insulate the industry from further government action?

More to follow...just wondering what some preliminary thoughts are...