Founded in 1996, the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating child pornography from the Internet. ASACP battles child pornography through its CP reporting hotline, and by organizing the efforts of the online adult industry to combat the heinous crime of child sexual abuse. ASACP also works to help parents prevent children from viewing age-inappropriate material online.
why ASACP?
Shutting down CP sites (and catching child pornographers!) can only happen if suspected sites are reported and investigated. But it's hard for the government to review all the reports with which they're inundated. In addition, members of the general public surfing the web may feel uncomfortable contacting government agencies.
Fortunately, ASACP fosters communication and cooperation with the online adult industry. This means we have the outreach and access to involve adult sites and their customers, as well as the knowledge and technical ability to review submitted reports, and forward suspect sites to the authorities who consider our Red Flag Reports to be high priority.
what we do & how we do it
ASACP provides an online hotline for web surfers and webmasters to report suspected child pornography. Our many member sites provide links to this hotline, which receives thousands of reports every month.
ASACP investigates these reports and determines the hosting, billing, IP address, ownership, and linkage of suspected CP sites. ASACP then forwards Red Flag reports to the appropriate government agencies and associations. These include the FBI and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, as well as European hotlines. We also notify ISPs and payment processors when their hosting and billing services are hijacked by CP operators.
ASACP's Approved Member program for adult sites offers a model of effective self-regulation for the online adult industry. Approved Member sites are required to comply with our Code of Ethics.
ASACP has established Best Practices for members, which are recommended not just for adult sites, but also for search engines, billing and hosting companies, dating sites, and others.
ASACP created the RTA ("Restricted to Adults") label to better enable parental filtering, and to demonstrate the online adult industry's commitment to helping parents prevent children from viewing age-inappropriate content.
ASACP keeps its members informed on current laws and regulations pertaining to child pornography and child protection, as well as new and pending legislation.
ASACP works to educate and inform its members, the online adult industry, government policy makers, and the public about issues related to child protection, illegal online activities, and the efforts of the online adult industry to battle child sexual abuse.
There are no words powerful enough to acknowledge your contribution to society. Your commitment to removing child pornography from the Internet is a clear indication that the adult industry will not condone or tolerate this type of material.
