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'''AFA''' stands for '''Association des Fournisserurs d’ Acces et de Services''' which is an Association of Service Providers and Internet Service. AFA is French organization founded in 1997 by some leading internet access providers with the main objective of building a representative structure and ethics specific to the community.<ref name=”link1”>[http://www.afa-france.com/presentation.html afa-france.com]</ref>
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'''AFA''' stands for '''Association des Fournisserurs d’ Acces et de Services''', which is a French organization consisting of [[ISP]]s. AFA was founded in 1997 by leading internet access providers with the main objective of building a representative structure and ethics specific to the community.<ref name=”link1”>[http://www.afa-france.com/presentation.html afa-france.com]</ref>
 
      
== Structure of AFA ==
 
== Structure of AFA ==
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'''Board of Directors:'''
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===Board of Directors===
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The Board of Directors generally consists of five members, including the founding director and four members elected by the General Assembly.
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The board of directors generally consists of five members group which include the founding director and four members which are elected by the General Assembly.
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The current Board of Directors:<ref name=”link1”>[http://www.afa-france.com/presentation.html afa-france.com]</ref>:  
 
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The board of Directors is as follows<ref name=”link1”>[http://www.afa-france.com/presentation.html afa-france.com]</ref>:  
      
'''Members:'''  
 
'''Members:'''  
* France Telecom/Orange
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* [[France Telecom]]/Orange
    
'''Elected Members:'''  
 
'''Elected Members:'''  
* SFR
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* [[SFR]]
* Bouygues Telecom
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* [[Bouygues Telecom]]
* Google France
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* [[Google]] France
* Darty
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* [[Darty]]
    
'''The office:'''  
 
'''The office:'''  
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* Carol Gay, Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs
 
* Carol Gay, Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs
 
* Nicolas D'Arcy, Legal - Analyst Content
 
* Nicolas D'Arcy, Legal - Analyst Content
* Quentin Aoustin Lawyer - Content Analyst
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* Quentin Aoustin, Lawyer - Content Analyst
 
      
== Goals ==  
 
== Goals ==  
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# Promote access between providers and Internet service for club members.
 
# Promote access between providers and Internet service for club members.
 
# Encourage the development of the online services and internet.  
 
# Encourage the development of the online services and internet.  
# Provide training and information for users and professionals for accessing the online services and the internet.
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# Provide training and information for users and professionals about accessing the online services and the Internet.
# Develop a safer internet program which will promote safer use and fighting illegal online content.
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# Develop a safer internet program which will promote safer use and fight illegal online content.
 
# Work with various international internet service providers for the development of the Internet and online services.
 
# Work with various international internet service providers for the development of the Internet and online services.
# Focus primarily on INHOPE Network. INHOPE<ref>[http://www.iwf.org.uk/partnerships/inhope iwf.org.uk]</ref> stands for  INternet HOtline Providers in Europe which basically focuses on issues regarding illegal online content.
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# Focus primarily on the INHOPE (INternet HOtline Providers in Europe) Network,<ref>[http://www.iwf.org.uk/partnerships/inhope iwf.org.uk]</ref> which focuses on issues regarding illegal content online.
# Protect and nurture the interests of all the AFA members.
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# Protect and nurture the interests of all AFA members.
# Boast French culture across the globe, and promote the French language.<ref>[http://www.afa-france.com/missions.html AFA missions]</ref>
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# Promote French culture across the globe, and promote the French language.<ref>[http://www.afa-france.com/missions.html AFA missions]</ref>
 
      
== Activities ==
 
== Activities ==
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The main mission of AFA is to promote safer internet services, enhancing the performance of the services and take action against the illegal online content. They wish to fulfill this mission by establishing ethical standards for all the French providers who are the members of AFA. For this AFA carried out various activities to make the internet safe and free of illegal content. <ref>[http://www.afa-france.com/presse.html AFA activities]</ref>
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The main mission of AFA is to promote safer internet services, enhance the performance of the services, and take action against illegal online content. To fulfill this mission, they work to establish ethical standards for all members of the AFA.<ref>[http://www.afa-france.com/presse.html AFA activities]</ref>
 
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# On 17th November 1998 AFA created the AFA Point of contact. This marked the beginning of a self regulatory body that united the stakeholders representing the fight against illegal content on the internet which seemed to be offensive to human dignity. 
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# 11th February 1999: AFPI (French Association of Internet Providers) established on 22nd February 1996, joined the AFA. This merger aimed for the growth of AFA in the field of network services.
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# On April 13, 2000 AFA started an initiative which urged the government of France to implement the circle of unbundling to foster the development of high speed internet and its services across France.
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# AFA became an executive member of INHOPE in December 2000 and later on AFA occupied the seat of the Vice President of INHOPE 18th May 2001. Later in the month on 30th May 2001 INHOPE with the assistance of AFA launched a website which helps people fight against child pornography, internationally. This website provides information about the contact points in various countries which will assist the people to report any abusive or illegal content for the particular country.
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# 26th April, 2006, AFA issued recommendations to fight against spam.  They brought out several points which can put a cease on spam.
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# AFA published that proposing of various tools to fight the dangerous content available on internet in the international forum on cyber crime held on 31st March and 1st April 2010. It also published various methods to create general awareness on this issue.
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# On 17th November 1998, AFA created the AFA Point of contact. This marked the beginning of a self regulatory body that united the stakeholders representing the fight against illegal content on the internet that seemed to be offensive to human dignity. 
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# 11th February 1999: AFPI (French Association of Internet Providers), originally established on 22nd February 1996, merged with the AFA. This merger aimed for the growth of AFA in the field of network services.
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# On April 13, 2000, AFA started an initiative that urged the government of France to implement the circle of unbundling to foster the development of high speed internet and its services across France.
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# AFA became an executive member of INHOPE in December 2000.
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# On 18th May 2001, AFA was promoted to the Vice President seat of INHOPE. Later that month, on 30th May 2001, AFA assisted INHOPE in launching a website to assist people in fighting against child pornography internationally. The website provides contact information for reporting any abusive or illegal content in various countries.
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# 26th April, 2006, AFA issued recommendations to fight against spam.
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# AFA presented a proposal about various tools to fight dangerous Internet content at an international forum on cyber crime held on 31st March and 1st April 2010. It also presented methods to create general awareness for the issue.
    
== References ==
 
== References ==
   
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