LOS ANGELES (July 1, 2024) — The Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection (ASACP) is pleased to honor 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 esteemed leaders in the industry, recognized for their significant contributions to corporate responsibility, ethical business practices, and the implementation of technical measures for child safety. These measures are not just about shielding minors and sensitive users from accidental exposure to age-restricted materials online, but they are also about protecting the innocence and safety of our children, a cause that resonates deeply with all of us.
Executive Director Tim Henning extends his heartfelt appreciation for the unwavering support from ASACP’s sponsors.
“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,” Henning said. “ASACP’s tools, made possible by the support of our sponsors, are not just beneficial, they are invaluable.”
These tools include free child protection resources for parents, Best Practices tailored to specific market segments, and a comprehensive Code of Ethics for adult website and app publishers. These resources empower companies to proactively prevent minors from accessing age-restricted content.
Among ASACP’s most notable achievements are its RTA (Restricted To Adults) meta-labeling system, which prevents children from accessing adult-oriented web pages and apps, and its CP Reporting Tipline, which has processed over 1.25 million reports since its inception and remains a vital global resource.
The association’s invaluable sponsors, including July’s Featured Sponsors — DialXS, AgeChecked, and Cybersocket — are crucial in making these tools available.
DialXS
An ASACP Title Sponsor since 2019 and the association’s Exclusive Travel Sponsor, DialXS is a premier leader in payment processing solutions that proudly 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 excels in facilitating 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 notes 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,” Visser explains, emphasizing the importance of providing customers with their preferred local payment options across targeted countries to optimize conversion rates. “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 is quick to highlight DialXS’ unwavering commitment to online child protection. The industry leader expresses pride in his company’s continued support of ASACP and its involvement in international trade events promoting child safety online.
AgeChecked
An ASACP Corporate Sponsor since 2017, AgeChecked has become 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.
“The primary goals of AgeChecked and ASACP are strongly aligned, as both of our organizations work to promote online child protection,” explains AgeChecked CEO Alastair Graham. “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 provocative, original content for the LGBTQ community. For the past two decades as an industry leader, 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.
“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,” Henning concluded. “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.”
To learn how your company can help protect itself by protecting children, email tim@asacp.org.
About ASACP
Founded in 1996, ASACP is a nonprofit organization dedicated to online child protection. ASACP comprises the Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection and the ASACP Foundation. ASACP is a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization that manages a membership program that provides resources to companies to help them protect minors online. The ASACP Foundation is a 501(c)3 charitable organization responsible for the CP Reporting Tipline and RTA (Restricted To Adults) website labeling system.
ASACP has invested 28 years in developing progressive programs to protect minors, and its assistance to the digital media industry’s child protection efforts is unparalleled. For more information, visit ASACP.org.
