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PICS: Platform for Internet Content Selection

PICS: Platform for Internet Content Selection. Dr. James Miller MIT Laboratory for Computer Science. Rules. Service (Process). System (Vocabulary). User. Guarantor. Labelers. Signed Label. Search/Filter Engine. Label. PICS. s. Framing The Question. The Technology Itself

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PICS: Platform for Internet Content Selection

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  1. PICS: Platform for Internet Content Selection Dr. James Miller MIT Laboratory for Computer Science

  2. Rules Service (Process) System (Vocabulary) User Guarantor Labelers Signed Label Search/Filter Engine Label PICS s

  3. Framing The Question • The Technology Itself • U.S. Domestic Use of the Technology • International Use of the Technology

  4. The Technology Itself • ...Since the Web is global, its technology must support a wide range of policy options that encourage all cultures to use the Web…. [The Web] architecture must allow local policies to co-exist without cultural fragmentation or domination. • Labels (metadata) are useful for many things • Improving and automating search (library catalogs) • Quality labels (virus checks, “archivist”, community) • Child protection (content regulation) • Privacy protection (data reuse policy) • Intellectual property rights management

  5. U.S. Domestic Policy Educate parents about the new medium • Parental involvement is essential • Filtering is an aid, not a panacea Encourage many third-party labels • Parents must choose Filter when parents can’t be there • Public schools, especially grades 6 - 9 • Children in libraries and public spaces • Parental choice or community choice or …?

  6. International Policy Oppose mandatory labeling, encourage objective rating • Objective rating systems are possible • Self-rating vs. third-party rating is irrelevant • More effective as a public service than as a self-supporting business Establish objective labeling as a safe haven

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