What does PICS stand for?

Platform for Internet Content Selection

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Information technology (IT) and computers

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According to Paul Resnick, chairman of the World Wide Web Consortium group at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, which includes AT&T Laboratories and Microsoft, the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) was originally created to allow parents, teachers, and librarians to review questionable materials that they would not want their children to come across on the Internet (Resnick, 1997).

Cyber-democracy or cyber-hegemony? Exploring the political and ...

The platform for Internet content selection (PICS) was originally designed as "a suite of specifications which enable people to distribute information about the content of digital material in a simple, computer-readable form.

Recordkeeping in the 21st Century

Look at PICS, or the platform for Internet content selection.

The Internet: more than we can imagine

The Internet community banded together to develop what is called PICS--the Platform for Internet Content Selection.

Privacy on the Internet

DynaBLocator uses the Cobion technology to locate content in the racism, pornography, sports and online shopping categories, while the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS), various methods of text analysis and localized content rating systems provide multi-layer protection in other categories.

webwasher.com Introduces DynaBLocator, the First URL Filter Database ...

We are excited to demonstrate a leadership position in continuing to develop and deploy the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) standard," said Michael Sears, general manager of SurfWatch and a vice president of Spyglass, Inc.

SurfWatch Partners with University of Michigan to Deliver Next ...

The Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) is a set of technical specifications for the format of labels that describe materials on the Internet.

Alexa Displays Ratings for Controversial Sites

They are a member of the Platform for Internet Content Selections developer group (PICS-DEV), which has been developed to provide a rating system for World Wide Web home pages.

Net Nanny joins Windows School Connection