Association des Fournisseurs d'Accès et de Services: Difference between revisions

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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 objectives of building a representative structure of the industry and Developing ethics specific to the community.<ref name="link1">[http://www.afa-france.com/presentation.html afa-france.com]</ref>

The current Board of Directors:<ref name="link1">[http://www.afa-france.com/presentation.html afa-france.com]</ref>:  

'''EuroISPA:''' AFA is one of the founding members of [[EuroISPA]] which was formed in 1997. It indirectly represents 800 Internet Service Providers, the largest worldwide association of ISPs. It represents all the ISPs within the European Union (EU) and is considered as the umbrella association of all ISPs around the world. The current President of EuroISPA is Michael Rotert, President of ECO, the German counterpart of AFA.

'''INHOPE:''' AFA is the founding member of INHOPE. It was formed in 1999 based on the European Action Plan for a Safer Internet. It aims at promoting collaboration among the online support (hotlines) providers and was established to monitor the illegal content and activities on the internet.

'''Law Net:''' Law Net is a service launched by the Forum of Internet Rights to address the queries of citizens arising from the daily activities on the networks. AFA gave a new direction to its work of informing general public, about the common rules to be followed on the Net, by being the partner of the law department of the Net.

'''Signal Spam:''' This association, consisting of mainly French organizations, aims to unite all efforts in fight against spam, whether government or Internet industry. It was created in November 2005 with support of a public–private collaboration led by the Department of Media Development. Signal Spam meets its objectives by providing a national platform for reporting spam and providing support of relevant authorities.

'''AFNIC:''' [[AFNIC]] is a non-profit organization governed under the law of 1 July 1901. It is responsible for administrative and technical management of domain names of France (.fr) and its overseas territories like Reunion islands (.re), French Southern Territories (.tf), etc. It was established in 1997 jointly by the INRIA (National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control of France) and the Ministries of Telecommunications, Industries and Research of the Government of France. It aims to provide internet users with quality services to access the internet with confidence. <ref>[http://www.afa-france.com/partenaires.html afa-france.com]Partners</ref>