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Background
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variety of contents available on the Internet is virtually
unlimited. While there is a lot of healthy and useful information
on the Internet, there are some materials which may be potentially
harmful to young people. Legislative control alone cannot solve the problem entirely
given the impracticality of active monitoring of all information
transmitted through the Internet due to its vast volume and
transient nature. Instead, relevant sectors such as the
Internet service providers, content providers, parents and
teachers all have a role to play in protecting our young people
from such potentially harmful materials. Against this background,
the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority has provided
funds to the Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association
(HKISPA) to implement the Internet Content Rating System Project. |
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Objectives
of ICRS Project
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(a)
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To
further promote the awareness of the general public about the
undesirable contents on the Internet;
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(b)
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To
translate and customize the system developed by the Internet Content
Rating Association (ICRA) into Chinese for local adoption;
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(c)
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To
promote the ICRA system to webmasters, content providers and Internet
users; and
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(d)
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To
set up a hotline to handle enquiries about this Project and complaints
about obscene and indecent articles on the Internet.
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Details
of the Project
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Partnering
with Internet Content Rating Association, an international
non-profit organization based in the UK, the ICRS operates
based on voluntary participation:
- Content providers
can choose to self-label their site through an online
questionnaire describing the content of their site in
terms of what is and isn't present.
- Internet users can download the ICRA
filter and set their Internet browsers to allow or disallow
access to web sites based on the objective information
declared in the label and the subjective preferences of
the users concerned.
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Under the Project, the online questionnaire and the ICRA filter will be
translated and customized into Chinese and hosted in ICRA’s server
in the UK. The translated system will be available
in traditional Chinese characters as a start to first target local
content providers. HKISPA will publicize the Project in its website,
with a hyperlink to ICRA’s web site. This will facilitate web
authors and Internet users in Hong Kong to make use of the ICRA
system.
A specific hotline will be set up for handling enquiries about this Project
and complaints of obscene and indecent materials on the Internet. The hotline will be manned by HKISPA during
office hours while calls received after office hours will be recorded
for follow-up action to be taken the next day. With this dedicated hotline, enquiries and complaints can be
dealt with more promptly and efficiently.
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To
Label your website or download the ICRA filter :
After you have finished labelling, please let us
know so we can exhibit your text
link FREE of charge on our website click
here |
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If you have comments about this project or complaints
about obscene and indecent articles on the Internet, please
call our hotline 2528 6286
or click here
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| Copyrights 2003
HKISPA Last Updated: May 27, 2003 |
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