Msen Adult Pages Policy

Msen Policy: We do not need to censor the net, but constructing the fences high enough so children cannot see over them is common sense and good practice.

Msen recognizes both the both the "rights of children to have access to electronic information" and adults rights to not be "censored to what is safe for a child". That is why we are imposing the following restrictions on web pages that contain adult material.

If the user has gone to the trouble of configuring and using software that filters the incoming content, we, the publishers, need to label the content that has a chance of being objectional.

We are insisting that the web pages be tagged in their <HEAD> section with the meta tag that defines the content of the page to browsers that are aware of the PICS protocol. Since the standard is an open and undefined one, we have chosen the two self rating systems, RSACi and SafeSurf implementations. "The RSACi system has been incorporated into the Microsoft browser, Internet Explorer 3.0 and into the leading software blocking device, CyberPatrol. Netscape has publicly announced that they will incorporate PICS into a later version of their browser, but have been unspecific about when."

1) Read the documentation at http://www.rsac.org/ and http://www.safesurf.com.

2) Install the two meta tags on *all* adult pages of

And change n 0 for the nudity content of 0-4
change s 0 for the sex content of 0-4
change v 0 for the violence content of 0-4
change l 0 for the violence content of 0-4

That will stop properly configured Internet Explorer, CyberPatrol and other browsers from viewing your page.

This is the SafeSurf tag that identifies a page as "Adults Only" and "Erotic frontal nudity". Full details of their rating system are at http://www.safesurf.com/ssplan.htm.

3) Place the and or
icons on your home page so that parents can know that you attempted to keep the children out.

4) Either

Place the meta tags also on the "You must be 18+" page so children never get to even see the page, or

Place a notice simular to the following near the adult or child buttons.

All pages below here are
restricted with the RSACi
and SafeSurf systems.

5) Read up on other Net filterering browsers, and install the appropriate Meta tags if they do not support the RSACi or SafeSurf.

Failure to do 1-4 may lead to termination of your account.

A page to test the filtering software of your browser is at http://www.msen.com/misc/adult_test.html.

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