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Dot Kids Legislation |
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Kids.us Content Policy |
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Take Down Procedures |
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3rd Party Challenge Process |
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.us Policies Are Applicable |
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Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of
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Public Law 107-317 |
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Enacted December 4, 2002 |
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Mandates development and launch of third level
kids.us domain name space by no later than December 3, 2003 |
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Required Neustar to develop all policy
surrounding the space to ensure that content on the space is both “suitable
for minors” as well as not “harmful to minors.” |
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Provides liability protection under section
230(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 to Registry, Registrars, Resellers
and third party content manager. |
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Act requires Neustar to establish: |
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Written content standards for Kids.us (“Content
Policy”). |
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Rules and procedures for enforcement and
oversight (“Kids.us Content Management Service Terms of Use”). |
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A process for removing from Kids.us content that
does not comply with Policy (“Take Down Policy”) |
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A process to provide registrants with an
opportunity for prompt, expeditious and impartial dispute resolution
regarding any content excluded from kids.us (“Kids.us Content Removal
Dispute Policy”). |
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Act Requires Written Agreements with the
Registrars to: |
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Require registrants to use the domain in
accordance with the requirements of the Registry |
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Prohibit “two-way” and “multiuser” interactive
services in the kids.us. |
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Prohibit hyperlinks in kids.us that take kids.us
users outside of the kids.us space. |
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SEE Kids.us Administrator / Registrar Agreement |
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Developed with community consultation and advice |
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First Draft published Late Summer / Fall 2002
and Comments Received |
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http://www.kids.us/content_policy/content.html |
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Goal: To
develop guidelines and restrictions to ensure that content on Kids.us Sites
are both “suitable for minors” and not “harmful to minors.” |
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“Minors” defined as children under the age of
13. |
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The following information or content is not
permitted within the kids.us domain: |
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Mature content, Pornography, Inappropriate
language, Violence, Hate speech, Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco, Gambling, Weapons |
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Technology Restrictions: |
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Two-way Interactive / Multiuser Interactive
Services |
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Hyperlinks outside of Kids.us Space |
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Registrants obtain Kids.us domain name
registration from Kids.us Accredited Registrar (Name is not entered into
the zone, but in Whois) |
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Registrants desiring content must obtain an
“Active Registration” directly from Neustar. |
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Registrants must agree to abide by Content
Policy as well as Content Management Service Terms of Use. |
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Registrants must pay an annual content fee of
$250 directly to Neustar. |
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Content must be initially approved by Neustar
(and/or its subcontractors). |
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Content is reviewed on an ongoing basis by
Neustar. |
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Violations can be reported through our own
monitoring or through third party complaints |
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Neustar will require complainants to fill out a
form for 3rd party complaints. |
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Neustar will investigate and if there is a
violation, it will categorize into a severity level. |
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Level 1:
Domain name immediately removed from the zone file; Registry
notifies registrant and registrar. |
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Level 2:
Registrant contacted and has 4 business hours to modify the
content. Registrant must notify
Registry and Registry reviews to ensure compliance; If not cured within 4
hours, the name is removed from the zone; Registrar copied on all
correspondence from Neustar. |
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Level 3: Registrant contacted and has 12
business hours to modify the content.
Registrant must notify Registry and Registry reviews to ensure
compliance; If not cured within 12 hours, the name is removed from the
zone; Registrar copied on all correspondence from Neustar. |
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If domain name is removed from the zone,
registrant will be required to reactivate their domain name and place
content through formal review process. |
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Registrant remains registrant of record for term
and renewal terms (i.e., does not lose the domain name) |
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When content is acceptable, registrant pays
directly to Neustar a $400 re-activation fee. Reactivation does not change
Registration/Renewal or Content annual dates. |
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If another violation is found, the process
starts over. |
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Kids.us Content Removal Challenge Process (See http://www.kids.us/content_policy/challenge.html |
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Registrants are entitled to initiate an
administrative proceeding in the event that Neustar has removed a kids.us
domain name from the zone file or has required the registrant to remove (or
modify) certain content on its Kids.us Site in order to prevent removal of
the domain name from the zone for violation of the Content Policy. |
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Administered through the National Arbitration
Forum |
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No appeals from decision of 3rd party
dispute panel |
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The following policies still apply: |
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usTLD Nexus Requirements |
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Nexus Dispute Policy and Rules |
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usDRP Process |
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“Seven Dirty Words Policy” |
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Whois Policy |
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Accreditation is currently available |
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Sunrise Period: June 17 – August 15, 2003 |
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“Go Live" Process: September 4, 2003 (live
registrations, DNS, WHOIS) |
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Content Review to be available at the same time
as registrations are published to the public |
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For any legal and/or policy questions, please
contact: |
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Jeffrey J. Neuman |
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Director, Law & Policy |
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(571) 434-5772 |
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E-mail: jeff.neuman@Neustar.us |
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