LOS ANGELES—The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) has announced friends2follow (F2F.com) as its exclusive Featured Sponsor for August 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.
Henning explained, "The association’s sponsors play a pivotal role in shaping the future of online child protection, particularly in guiding efforts toward age verification to preserve the innocence of youth. This 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 August’s Featured Sponsor (and its newest elite Title Sponsor), F2F.com, are crucial in making these tools available.
Said F2F.com CEO Jean-Micheal Veen, "At F2F.com, we have meticulously built a secure fan engagement platform with ‘security by design’ at its core, ensuring our community is protected from harmful content. From the very beginning, we have been staunch supporters of ASACP, recognizing that the battle against online child exploitation cannot be fought in isolation."
Veen explained, "Our collaboration with ASACP reinforces our unwavering commitment to children’s online safety. By implementing robust age verification processes and actively sharing our expertise and resources, we aim to create a safer digital environment for all. This partnership is a testament to our belief in the power of collective action and the importance of safeguarding our children’s future."
F2F.com developed an innovative "Content Laundry" in-house utilizing advanced scanning techniques and comprehensive databases to identify and eliminate harmful content.
Veen concluded, "Our solution works closely with Thorn’s industry-leading solution, Safer.io, to provide proactive child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and child sexual exploitation detection. This approach is part of our ongoing collaboration to protect children online and uphold the highest standards of safety."
Henning thanks friends2follow for its support, generosity, and leadership in helping ASACP prevent 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."
For more information, email [email protected] or visit ASACP.org.
