The Family Online Safety Institute is proud to count some of the Internet's leading companies as its members. These include:
AOL, AT&T, Blue Coat Systems, BT Retail, Comcast, CompTIA, France Telecom, Google, GSM Association, Kingston Communications, Loopt, Microsoft, MySpace, NCTA, Ning, Nominum, Optenet, Privo, RuleSpace, Sprint, StreamShield, Symantec, Telefónica, TELMEX, The Wireless Foundation, Verizon, Yahoo.
AOL is a global Web services company that operates some of the most popular Web destinations. The AOL services and portals in Europe deliver a range of market-leading online content, including music, film, sport, news, shopping and community, as well as email, instant messenger, VoIP, safety and security features.
The online well-being of internet users is a priority for AOL. It takes a multi-pronged approach to safety and security, providing tools and features, offering age-appropriate content and moderated community areas for younger AOL users, publishing detailed advice about how to stay safer online, and setting robust community guidelines.
While the internet is a fantastic resource for children and teenagers, AOL recognises that some content may be unsuitable for them and offers Parental Controls so that parents and carers can tailor their children's online experiences based on their age and maturity.
AOL's representative on the FOSI Board is Holly Hawkins, Director of Consumer Advocacy and Privacy.
AT&T is the largest telecommunications company in the United States and one of the largest in the world. AT&T has Internet Protocol-based (IP) network capabilities, assets and resources that are widely regarded as unsurpassed in the marketplace, enabling the company to lead the industry in using the language of the Internet to deliver innovative services that integrate voice, data and video.
AT&T's representative on the FOSI Board is Brent Olson, Assistant Vice President, Public Policy.
Blue Coat Systems is the technology leader in application delivery networking. Blue Coat offers an Application Delivery Network infrastructure that provides the visibility, acceleration and security required to optimize and secure the flow of information to any user, on any network, anywhere. This provides the comprehensive application and user control required to contain costs, enhance productivity and respond quickly to changing business requirements, fueling a long-term competitive advantage for the distributed enterprise. Blue Coat has an aggressive strategy and solution roadmap for advancing the integration of the visibility, acceleration and security technologies at the heart of the application delivery network.
Blue Coat Systems' representative on the FOSI Board is Laurie Coffin, Director of Marketing Communications.
BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions serving customers in Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. Its principal activities include networked IT services, local, national and international telecommunications services, and higher-value broadband and internet products and services.
BT's representative on the FOSI Board is Brian Webb, Head of Incident Management Operations.
Comcast was founded in 1963 as a single-system cable operation. Today, they are the country's largest provider of cable services - and one of the world's leading communications companies. They are focused on broadband cable, commerce, and content. Comcast delivers digital services, provides faster Internet and clearer broadband phone service, and develops and delivers innovative programming.
As Comcast evolves, they continue to look to the future - seeking out new communications technology, new opportunities, and more choices. Comcast's goal is to continue to provide people with the communications products and services that connect them to what's important in their lives.
Comcast is a leader in providing parents the tools and the knowledge they need to make the right decisions about what members of their family should be able to see on their TV and online.
Comcast's representative on the FOSI Board is Joe Waz, Public Policy Counsel and VP for External Affairs.
CompTIA is a global trade association representing the business interests of the information technology industry. For more than 23 years CompTIA has provided research, networking and partnering opportunities to its 20,000 members in 102 countries. The association is involved in developing standards and best practices, and influencing the political, economic and educational arenas that impact IT worldwide.
As the largest industry association in the computer industry, no issues are more important in establishing business and consumer trust in the Internet than the issues of unwanted content and content that is inappropriate for children. Finding and using effective tools and procedures that permit businesses and consumers to manage the Internet content to which they have access based on their own, individual, requirements, is key.
CompTIA's representative on the FOSI Board is Roger Cochetti, Group Director of U.S. Public Policy, Computing Technology Industry Association / CompTIA.
France Telecom serves almost 174 million customers in five continents as of June 30, 2009 and is one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services from consumers through to multinational companies.
As part of its Corporate Responsibility Report, France Telecom has implemented a number of online child protection initiatives. This includes the provision of a free parental control service for Internet usage in several European countries and a set of guides adapted to each country promoting a reasoned approach to Internet and mobile phone usage.
France Telecom's representative on the FOSI Board is Arnaud Druet.
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Google's founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin developed a new approach to online search that took root in a Stanford University dorm room and quickly spread to information seekers around the globe. Google is now widely recognized as the world's largest search engine -- an easy-to-use free service that usually returns relevant results in a fraction of a second.
Google's utility and ease of use have made it one of the world's best known brands almost entirely through word of mouth from satisfied users.
Google's representative on the FOSI Board is Pablo Chavez, Senior Policy Counsel.
The GSM Association (GSMA) is a global trade association representing more than 690 GSM mobile phone operators across 214 territories and countries of the world. In addition, more than 180 manufacturers and suppliers support the Association's initiatives as associate members. The GSM Association is a unique organisation, with truly global reach, offering a full range of business, technical and public policy services to its members.
The GSM Association's representative on the FOSI Board and Chair is Natasha Jackson.
Kingston Communications is a leading provider of communications solutions to businesses and public sector organisations throughout the UK. Kingston's national capabilities have been built on its strong foundations within East Yorkshire, where the company has been providing leading edge services to residential and business customers for over 100 years and where it has been a pioneer in the use of ADSL technology.
Why Kingston Communications supports FOSI: Kingston's membership underlines the increasing importance of child safety on the Internet. As a national provider of broadband in the UK, our company is committed to helping parents protect their children from objectionable material. Kingston is also a member of the Internet Watch Foundation, the UK body designed to track and remove illegal Internet content.
Kingston Communications' point of contact for FOSI is Steve Woodard.
loopt is a Silicon Valley-based company that has built a revolutionary "social mapping" service that will change the way people use mobile phones to keep in touch with their friends. loopt facilitates real-world interaction between friends and puts an end to frustrating missed connections. Using location-based technologies, loopt lets you know where your friends are by automatically updating maps on your mobile phone. loopt is the only social mapping service that can automatically update the location of everyone in a user's private network of friends and display that information directly on a map on the phone. You can send messages to nearby friends with loopt or receive alerts when they're nearby so that you never miss an opportunity to meet. loopt also offers geo-tagging capabilities, the service's journaling feature allows mobile users to "geo tag" locations and captures their experience with friends in their private network. With loopt, mobile subscribers put themselves on the map.
loopt recognizes the responsibility inherent in offering location-based technologies and our customers' privacy is a top priority. As a leader in this area, loopt is actively working to establish and promote privacy best practices for the entire LBS industry.
loopt's representative on the FOSI Board is Brian R. Knapp, VP, Corporate Affairs.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Microsoft is motivated and inspired every day by how its customers use its software to find creative solutions to business problems, develop breakthrough ideas, and stay connected to what's most important to them. Microsoft constantly updates and improve products, to evolve the company to be in the best position to accelerate new technologies as they emerge and to better serve their customers.
Microsoft's representative and Vice Chair of the FOSI Board is Kim Sanchez, Senior Audience Marketing Manager.
A division of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A), MySpace is a leading social networking site that offers a platform and tools for consumers to express themselves, communicate with each other, and engage with media. The company's worldwide network includes such category leaders as Photobucket, IGN, FOXSports.com, RottenTomatoes, AskMen and more, that together comprise one of the largest audiences on the Web.
MySpace’s representative on the FOSI Board is Hemanshu Nigam, Chief Security Officer.
The cable industry – as a leading provider of Internet access and services – shares the concerns of parents about keeping their children safe when online. As a result, cable is committed fully to giving parents a full range of tools, information and resources to help better shape and manage their family’s online use. Membership by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), the cable industry’s primary trade association, in the Family Online Safety Institute adds a new facet to cable’s important commitment.
The NCTA's representative on the FOSI Board is David Pierce, Vice President of Public Affairs.
Ning (which means "peace" in Chinese) is based in Palo Alto, California and offers an innovative and easy-to-use technology platform for people to join and create new social networks for their interests and passions and meet new people around the things they care about most in their life. With over 1.3 million social networks created and more than 30 million registered members, millions of people everyday are coming together across Ning Networks to explore and express their interests, discover new passions, and meet new people around shared pursuits. Founded in October 2004 by Gina Bianchini and Marc Andreessen, Ning launched the Ning Platform in October 2005 and Ning social networks in February 2007. The company is privately held.
Ning is committed to continuing to ensure the Ning Platform remains safe and fun for everyone who uses Ning to create and participate in their social networks. An important aspect of this commitment is the protection of our members' privacy and the education of parents on how to most effectively ensure that their kids are staying safe online. As part of this, Ning is dedicated to promoting digital citizenship on the part of our members: civil, ethical and mindful participation in their social networks on Ning. From the beginning, Ning made the decision to build and implement comprehensive safety and privacy features into both Ning Networks and the Ning Platform to give both Ning Network Creators and members the tools to control their privacy and safety at every level. Ning empowers its Network Creators and members to make their own communities safe. Ning has a comprehensive set of Safety Tips and Resources located at http://about.ning.com/safety.php.
Ning's representative on the FOSI Board is Jill Nissen, Vice President, Chief Policy Officer.
Nominum’s network naming and addressing solutions are the foundation of the always-on broadband Internet, supporting more than150 million households connected by more than one hundred service providers in every region of the world - North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. Nominum’s Domain Name System (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) products lead the industry in security, performance, and reliability.
Nominum's represensentative on the FOSI Board is Gopala Tumulari, Vice President of Marketing.
Optenet is an information security multinational with over 10 years of experience. With an international reputation for its Internet content filtering technology, the company has expanded its business to the point where it is a leading provider of integrated security solutions for managed security service providers (Internet service providers and mobile telcos) and corporations. Optenet offers innovative, intelligent and effective security solutions adapted to the needs of the client. Optenet has offices throughout Europe, Latin America, the United States and Australia.
Optenet's representative on the FOSI Board is Ana Luiza Rotta, European Projects Director.
Privo empowers kids with the ability to safely interact with other kids and brands they love; Parents and Teachers with tools to manage their kids' personal information; Companies with 'best practices' to build relationships with their customers.
Privo's representative on the FOSI Board is Denise Tayloe, Founder, CEO.
RuleSpace, Inc. is a privately held corporation located in Beaverton, Oregon. RuleSpace has been providing award winning Parental Controls services since 1996, and is the world's leading creator and provider of Parental Controls technology. RuleSpace solutions are offered through ISPs and Cable providers, filtered search engines, and OEM solutions which use RuleSpace's Online List Lookup Service with more than 50 million accurately categorized URLs in 15 languages, and its real-time recognizers.
Rulespace's representative on the FOSI Board is James Dirksen, Vice President, Operations.
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two wireless networks serving nearly 51 million customers at the end of the third quarter 2008; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone offers a comprehensive range of communications services bringing mobility to consumer, business and government customers.
Sprint's representative on the FOSI Board is Edward Palmieri, Deputy Chief Privacy Officer and Director of Sprint Nextel's Legal Department’s Office of Privacy.
StreamShield is a product line within Detica (a specialist business and technical consultancy that helps government and corporate clients reveal intelligence, maintain security, manage risk and strengthen resilience) possessing world-class capabilities in high-speed signal processing for IP-based systems and unique silicon-based technology delivering unrivalled performance for content security services. Detica has over 1,500 people, turnover of £203m (2008) and offices in the UK, USA and Europe.
StreamShield’s vision is to enable a safer Internet experience for societies by embedding high speed content processing technology into the core of high-speed service provider networks to enhance security. To support this vision, StreamShield has pioneered an integrated approach to network layer security using a transparent streams-based device that collapses all content security functions onto a single platform. Unlike many so called Unified Threat Management systems, StreamShield has been designed from the top down to be sensitive to key the key performance & scalability requirements of ISPs and prevent botnet infected subscribers being used to launch malicious attacks.
StreamShield enables network-based content security services such as parental controls, email cleaning, child protection e.g. anti-grooming/bullying, web anti-malware, anti-phishing and application firewalling, without the need for desktop software or CPE whilst providing subscribers full control and management of their service.
Detica StreamShield’s representative on the FOSI Board is Mark Dampster, Head of Sales & Business Development.
Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help businesses and consumers secure and manage their information. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in more than 40 countries. Symantec’s Norton products protect consumers from traditional threats with antivirus, anti-spam and spyware protection, as well as bots, drive-by downloads and identity theft - while also being light on system resources. The company also provides services such as online backup and PC tuneup, and is a trusted source for family online safety.
Symantec's Internet Safety Advocate representative on the FOSI Board is Marian Merritt.
Telefónica is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world in terms of market capitalisation. Its activities are centered mainly on the fixed and mobile telephony businesses with broadband as the key tool for the development of both.
The company has a significant presence in 23 countries and a customer base that amounts more than 212 million accesses around the world. Telefónica has a strong presence in Spain, Europe and Latin America, where the company focuses an important part of its growth strategy.
Telefónica is a 100% listed company, with more than 1.7 million direct shareholders. Its share capital currently comprises 4,773,496,485 ordinary shares traded on the Spanish Stock Market (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia) and on those in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, New York, Lima, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo.
Telefónica 's representative on the FOSI Board is Maria Jose Cantarino de Frias, Corporate Responsibility Manager.
TELMEX is the leading telecommunications company in Latin America, with operations in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru and the United States. TELMEX and its subsidiaries offer the most extensive services, including voice, data, video and Internet for all segments, from rural residential to large, international corporations. TELMEX has developed a 100 percent digital technological platform that operates one of the most advanced optical fiber networks, which reaches 39 countries via underwater cable way connections.
TELMEX is dedicated to making sure that each of its customers, especially children, has a safe and overall positive experience on the Internet. ICRA's labels are some of the most accurate, and most trusted, in the world, and TELMEX are excited to work with FOSI to better protect children from harmful and inappropriate content on the Internet. As a member, TELMEX will work closely with FOSI to create a set of public education messages and to develop a more proactive public policy stance on Internet safety within Latin America.
TELMEX's representative on the FOSI Board is Ricardo Kuri,Subdirector Atencion via Internet.
The Wireless Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization established by the membership of The Wireless Association (CTIA). Since the first commercial cellular system came on line in Chicago in October of 1983, the impact of wireless technology upon our lives has grown steadily. Today, nearly 240 million Americans use a wireless phone to stay in touch, change plans on the fly, and to run their daily lives more efficiently.
One of the most significant ways that wireless technology has changed the landscape of American communities is to help make us all safer. This safety benefit lies at the heart of The Wireless Foundation's programs, both past and present. Our major programs include Communities on Phone Patrol providing wireless phones to neighborhood watch groups;
The VITA program run since 1993 recognizes the remarkable stories of Wireless Samaritans who have used wireless technology to stop crime and save lives in emergencies and in 2005, The Wireless Foundation launched the Wireless AMBER Alerts initiative, working with law enforcement and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to send AMBER Alert text messages to consumer's wireless devices with information about an abducted child in their community.
The Wireless Foundation's representative on the FOSI Board is David Diggs, Executive Director.
Verizon delivers technology that touches life. The Verizon Foundation uses that technology and the foundation's financial resources to improve literacy and K-12 education; to support victims of domestic violence; and improve the delivery of health care. In 2005, the foundation awarded more than $74 million in grants to charitable and nonprofit agencies in the United States and abroad. The foundation also supports Verizon Volunteers, one of the largest employee volunteer programs in the United States.
Verizon's representative on the FOSI Board is Michael W. McKeehan (Chair), Director, Internet & Technology Policy, Verizon Public Policy & External Affairs.
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! is focused on powering its communities of users, advertisers, publishers, and developers by creating indispensable experiences built on trust. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Yahoo! has been a longtime industry leader in helping to provide families with the tools they need to create a safe online experience. Yahoo! provides child friendly content such as Yahoo! Kids that features human-reviewed search results for children; a dedicated compliance team that partners with law enforcement and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (‘NCMEC’) on enforcement, training, and education and awareness; report abuse buttons to allow users to report inappropriate content; and leads child safety training for middle school children in local Sunnyvale schools. Safely.yahoo.com provides a dedicated site for tips and information about cyberbullying as well as advice from experts for parents, teachers and children.
Yahoo's respresentative on the FOSI Board is Catherine Davis Teitelbaum, Director of Child Safety, Communities and Content Policies. | 
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