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IFFOR secures high profile board and policy
council members to oversee the responsible
development of the .XXX sTLD
WASHINGTON, DC: June 22, 2011 -The International Foundation
for Online Responsibility (IFFOR), the non-profit organization
tasked with policy making for the new .XXX Top Level Domain
(TLD), has today announced the founding members of its board of
directors and policy council. The high-profile and highly respected
members include leading global figures in internet security, online
child protection and freedom of expression, including Professor
Nadine Strossen and Sharon Girling OBE.
IFFOR is an independent non-profit body, which has been created
by ICM Registry, the organization responsible for the new .XXX
TLD, which opens to trademark owners under a sunrise launch
period in September 2011. IFFOR will receive significant funding
from ICM at a rate of $10 per domain registration per year.
The policy council will be responsible for initiating a series of
policies for responsible business practices and conduct within the
.XXX online adult-entertainment community. This includes making
adult content less accessible to children online and protecting the
privacy and security of consenting adult consumers of online
adult-entertainment goods and services.
Stuart Lawley, CEO of ICM Registry and Chairman of IFFOR
commented, ?IFFOR has the potential to become one of the
internet industry?s greatest forces for good. The caliber of our
founding members, international leaders in their fields from child
protection, to privacy, to freedom of expression is testament to
the organizations vision and ambition. We are extremely honored
by their commitment to IFFOR?s mission and we all look forward
to collaborating with our industry and other partners as IFFOR
begins its important work.?
Professor Nadine Strossen, the Free Expression Policy Council
member for IFFOR, added: ?Wearing both of my hats, as a scholar
and activist, I have long championed the freedom of consenting
adults to make their own choices about what sexual expression to
access online as well as the rights of parents and guardians to
make such choices regarding their own children. It is an honor ?
and an important responsibility ? to serve as the inaugural
member of IFFOR?s Policy Council who is designated as the
advocate of these fundamental freedoms.?
IFFOR Board Members
The Chair of the IFFOR Board will be Stuart Lawley, the current
chairman and CEO of ICM Registry. Joining Lawley as board
directors will be Clyde Beattie, CEO of Yorkland Investment Corp
and Sebastien Bachollet, CEO of BBS Consulting and a member of
the Board of Directors of ICANN.
Beattie?s experience includes serving as Chairman of the Canadian
Internet registry Authority (CIRA), where he was responsible for
the .CA top level domain, as well as serving as a director of the
Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP).
Bachollet?s expertise also stems from a technological background,
having launched the www.sncf.fr website and built CIGREF (Club
Informatique des Grandes Entreprises Françaises).
The board is assisted by Joan Irvine as Executive Director, the
recent CEO of the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection
(ASACP).
IFFOR Policy Council Members
The IFFOR Board is also supported by its Policy Council and the
initial Non-Adult Industry Members are;
Child protection authority Sharon Girling OBE, has over 30 years?
experience in policing, specializing in the last ten years in
addressing international Internet enabled pedophilia, advising
both the British Prime Minister and the President of the United
States.
Fred Cate is a distinguished Professor of Law at the Indiana
University School of Law-Bloomington and director of the Indiana
University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research. He
specializes in privacy, security, and other information law issues,
and appears regularly before Congress, government agencies, and
professional and industry groups on these matters.
Bob Corn-Revere, Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine, has extensive
experience in First Amendment law and communications, media
and information technology law. Bob speaks and writes
extensively on First Amendment and communications policy
issues.
The fourth member of the IFFOR Policy Council is Nadine Strossen.
Strossen has written, lectured, and practiced extensively in the
areas of constitutional law, civil liberties, and international human
rights. From 1991 through 2008 she served as president of the
American Civil Liberties Union, the first woman to head the
nation?s largest and oldest civil liberties organization.
The remaining five policy council members selected to represent
the online adult entertainment industry on an international basis
will be announced in July/August.
-ENDS-
For further information, please contact:
Giles Barron, Diffusion, [email protected], +4420 7025 1504
About IFFOR (http://www.iffor.org)
IFFOR is a non-profit entity that will serve as the policy-making
body for the .XXX extension. It is independent from ICM Registry
and has its own board of directors and Policy Council representing
all stakeholders, including child safety representatives, members
of the free speech community and adult entertainment industry
leaders. IFFOR will engage in various programs and activities,
including but not limited to: (1) Promoting public awareness of
technologies, programs, organizations and methods available to
protect children online; (2) Enhancing development and
proliferation of systems for labeling and identifying material
online; (3) supporting free expression to allow Internet users the
right to choose the online material they desire; and (4)
Contributing to various organizations that support Internet safety.
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