- Internet Content Rating Association - http://www.icra.org/
Manages ICRA and RSACi self-rating systems. RSACi broadly rates sex, nudity, violence, and profanity on a scale of 1-4. ICRA specifically rates yes/no whether content contains specific types of chat, sex, nudity, violence, profanity, or drug use. [Self-rating pages require JavaScript.]
- SafeSurf - http://www.safesurf.com/
Detailed self-rating standard, with categories for profanity, heterosexual themes, homosexual themes, nudity, violence, drug use, intolerance, and gambling, rated on a finely-graded 0-9 scale.
- Vancouver Webpages Rating Service - http://vancouver-webpages.com/VWP1.0/
Experimental PICS-based ratings service on scales with both positive and negative values. Among its categories: Multiculturalism, Educational Content, Environmental Awareness, Safety, Canadian Content, and Commercial Content.
- Anti-Defamation League HateFilter 2.0 - http://www.adl.org/hatefilter/
Filter template that utilizes the ICRA system to block access to websites that, in the judgment of the Anti-Defamation League, advocate hatred, bigotry or even violence towards Jews or other groups on the basis of their religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or other immutable characteristics.
- EFA: Content Rating and Filtering - http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Censor/cens2.html
Information about and criticism of PICS and the ratings systems and ratings bureaus that use it.
- Microsoft Content Advisor - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/security/contentadv/config.mspx
Directions and instructions on managing PICS rules filtering in Internet Explorer.
- ESRB Online Game Ratings - http://www.esrb.net/esrbratings.asp
The Entertainment Software Rating Board's PICS-based ratings are designed to provide information about video and computer game content. Searchable and browsable database.
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