A couple of weeks ago, it was announced that Joan Irvine, the Executive Director of the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP), was stepping down from her position with ASACP to take on the position as Executive Director of the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR). I will admit, when I first read this news my initial thoughts were [in order] no way, bullshit, maybe this is the logical choice.

Naturally, on GFY, people were up in arms. Just as naturally, most of those complaining had done nothing about defeating the implementation of the .xxx sTLD. Even more clamor was raised by those that are never going to be affected by .xxx. The mob mentality was rampant. People that really have no clue what the issues are jumped on the bandwagon, presuming that the GFY crusader(s) knew something more than they did. A lot of speculation and theorizing made up most of the arguments.

Since I have some of the loudest of the mob leaders on ignore, I did not read all the claims made. If it was not for the fact that I received emails apologizing for getting me involved, along with Twitter and Facebook messages suggesting that for some reason I had to be involved in some way, I would not even be writing this article. Luckily, I am in the position of not caring if someone does not approve of my thoughts on the matter. Rather than have my thoughts buried by trolls, I have decided to put them here. (more…)

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As announced a few weeks ago, PimpsPromo.com is now a corporate sponsor of ASACP. As such, I will be notifying you of special events targeting a safer Internet for children. You may also notice that I will encourage you to either join ASACP or at least donate a few dollars if you believe in the cause of keeping the Internet safe for children.

That being said, on February 8, 2011 the ASACP Foundation is holding an online fundraiser in an effort to gather donations to enable them to continue its online child protection mission. These donations help the ASACP develop the RTA labeling and filtering software to work with applications for such mobile devices as the Android.

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As was announced at the end of December, PimpsPromo.com is now a Corporate Sponsor of the ASACP. This was not a decision that was reached without some thought. This year I plan on making PimpsPromo more popular than ever. When I look through my server stats, it is obvious that this site is being viewed by many surfers as well as webmasters. This is due, most likely, to the fact that I do cover events like XFANZ and FreeOne’s parties along with adult webmaster B-to-B events, and because of the high search engine rankings earned by PimpsPromo. As a result, I felt an obligation to support ASACP more than I have in the past.

Protect Children

For years, I have been reading on webmaster forums that it is the parent’s responsibility to monitor and restrict their children’s access to adult content on the Internet. While ASACP may be known primarily as somewhere to report child pornography on the Internet, they are more than that. They also created the RTA (Restricted to Adults) Label to help parents that utilize parental filtering software. (more…)

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