LOS ANGELES—The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) has announced DialXS, AgeChecked, and Cybersocket as its Featured Sponsors for July 2024.
ASACP is a nonprofit organization that has worked for nearly 28 years to promote online child safety. It relies on the support of numerous companies, organizations, and individuals committed to protecting children from online harm.
ASACP’s Featured Sponsors are respected industry leaders who have demonstrated corporate responsibility, ethical business practices, and the will to deploy technical measures that protect minors and sensitive users from accidental exposure to age-restricted materials online.
ASACP executive director Tim Henning extends his appreciation for the unwavering support from ASACP’s sponsors.
Said Henning, "The association’s sponsors’ pivotal role in shaping the future of online child protection, particularly in guiding efforts toward age verification to preserve the innocence of youth, is truly commendable and deeply appreciated. ASACP’s tools, made possible by the support of our sponsors, are not just beneficial, they are invaluable."
This support helps the association provide free child protection resources to parents, best practices tailored to individual market segments, and a comprehensive code of ethics for publishers of adult websites and apps. These tools help companies prevent minors from accessing age-restricted content.
One of ASACP’s most notable achievements is its RTA (Restricted To Adults) meta-labeling system, which prevents children from accessing adult-oriented web pages and apps. Additionally, its CP Reporting Tipline has processed over 1.25 million reports since its inception and remains a vital global resource.
The association’s sponsors, including July’s Featured Sponsors, DialXS, AgeChecked, and Cybersocket, continue to make these tools available.
DialXS
An ASACP sponsor since 2019 and the association’s Exclusive Travel Sponsor, DialXS is a payment processing solution that presents a comprehensive suite of trusted local payment methods tailored for European markets, complementing conventional credit card transactions. This strategic billing approach consistently enhances conversion rates, particularly in regions where credit card transactions are not preferred.
DialXS facilitates recurring payments through SEPA Direct Debit on IBAN accounts within the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), extending its reach beyond EU borders. Moreover, its platform offers various alternative payment methods (APMs) alongside credit card transactions to cater to varied customer preferences.
DialXS CEO Chris Visser noted that customers prefer secure payment methods in numerous European markets when engaging with merchants online.
"This strategy significantly boosts conversion rates, especially in regions like The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Poland. Additionally, many of our payment solutions are designed to mitigate the risk of chargebacks, ensuring a secure and reliable transaction experience for merchants and customers," Visser explained, emphasizing the importance of providing customers with their preferred local payment options across targeted countries to optimize conversion rates.
Visser highlighted DialXS’ commitment to online child protection as it continues the company's involvement in international trade events promoting child safety online.
AgeChecked
An ASACP Corporate Sponsor since 2017, and a valued advisor to the association. The company provides online age verification solutions across various sectors that distribute age-restricted goods and services. AgeChecked’s focus in the media sector is on providing seamless and light-touch verifications that do not impede the customer journey.
Explained AgeChecked CEO Alastair Graham, "The primary goals of AgeChecked and ASACP are strongly aligned, as both of our organizations work to promote online child protection. ASACP has a fantastic track record of protecting children over the past quarter-century, and so we are happy to support this hard-working group and its vital mission worldwide."
Cybersocket
An ASACP In-Kind Media Sponsor since 2003, Cybersocket promotes gay adult websites to a large and varied audience while providing news, resources, and original content for the LGBTQ community. For the past two decades, Cybersocket has hosted the annual Cybersocket Web Awards honoring the finest gay online services and has provided a powerful example of how to keep children out of and away from adult-oriented material, partly by using the RTA meta label as a doorkeeper.
Henning thanks DialXS, AgeChecked, and Cybersocket for their constant support, generosity, and leadership in helping the association achieve its mission of preventing children from accessing adult-oriented content.
Henning concluded, "Our sponsors’ contributions are not just about supporting the association but also about shaping the industry and, most importantly, ensuring children’s online safety, which is a responsibility we all share. ASACP’s sponsors are contributing towards building a better world for consenting adults and society’s most vulnerable members. This is an honorable mission that the association will continue to embrace and spread to all industry stakeholders."
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