PICS standards will empower content providers to voluntarily label the content they create and distribute on the Internet. PICS standards will empower multiple independent labeling services to associate additional labels with content created and distributed by others. Services may devise their own labeling systems, and the same content may receive different labels from different services. PICS members believe that an open labeling platform which incorporates these features provides the best way to preserve and enhance the vibrancy and diversity of the Internet. The W3C exists to develop common protocols and reference codes for the evolution of the World Wide Web.
Membership is open to any organization.
To date, the Consortium comprises more than 90 organizations.