International Foundation for Online Responsibility
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| Type: | Non-profit organization |
| Industry: | Domain Industry |
| Headquarters: | 919 18th Street, NW Suite 925 Washington, DC 20006 |
| Country: | USA |
| Website: | iffor.org |
| Key People | |
| Clyde Beattie, Chairman Joan Irvine, Executive Director | |
International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR) is the sponsoring organization for the .xxx sponsored top level domain name (sTLD) which was approved by the ICANN Board on March 18, 2011.[1] It is responsible in formulating the policies for of the .xxx registry which will be administered by ICM Registry. IFFOR is a non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. and its operations is independent although it will be funded through a $10 per domain registration from the ICM Registry.
Responsibilities[edit | edit source]
As the policy making body for the .xxx sTLD, IFFOR enumerated the following policy goals:[2]
- Foster communication between the Sponsored Community and other Internet stakeholders
- Protect free expression rights as defined in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
- Promote the development and adoption of responsible business practices designed to combat online child abuse images, user choice and parental control regarding access to online adult entertainment
- Protect the privacy, security, and consumer rights of consenting adult consumers of online adult entertainment goods and services
The organization also aims to conduct various activities to fight the proliferation of child abuse materials, piracy and internet censorship.[3] On December 5, 2011, IFFOR established working groups to tackle the issues such as:[4]
- Piracy Working Group- Tasked to evaluate the current situation situation of internet piracy and develop strategies to prevent it.Trieu Hoang, General Counsel of AbbyWinters was appointed chairman of the working group.
- Filtering Working Group- Responsible in examining the global filtering laws and regulations and help educate lawmakers about the benefits of user-define filtering in contrast with the mandated ISP or router-level blocking.Jerry Barnett, chairman of UK Adult Industry Trade Association will lead the working group
- Child Advocacy Stakeholder Group- Sharon Girling, a former British law enforcement officer involved in combating high profile child exploitation will lead the group in the global fight against child abuse images by recommending simple methods and tools for reporting to curb the problem and educate lawmakers and other organizations to ensure that the approach used are consistent and effective.
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