2. Introducing VOPA Voice of the People Association

3. The world wants a clean and safe internet … but so far every attempt has failed.

5. VOPA eliminates anonymity … in a way that enhances the internet experience

6. The internet is already moving towards transparency.

7. “ Total personalization in this new world will require total transparency.” - Kevin Kelly, Internet Visionary

9. This is what VOPA looks like in an actual browser

10. The friends tab allows you to see friends on the same site, where other friends are on the web, and where all your friends have been.

11. VOPA acts as a social media aggregator . Profiles from networking sites in which you participate can be aggregated into a VOPA profile. Additionally, your friends are also aggregated.

12. Not only do users become transparent, but every website becomes transparent as users rate websites and provide comments.

13. “ People say things online that they would be ashamed to say face to face. If people could treat others as though they were speaking face to face, that would be huge.” - Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia

14. VOPA eliminates accessibility … in a web 2.0 kind of way

16. We decided to find a solution to all of these barriers … and we have

17. “ Mass amateurization of publishing makes mass amateurization of filtering a forced move.” - Clay Shirky, Internet Social Guru

19. They then vote whether the content is 1) Appropriate for all ages, 2) Inappropriate for children, or 3) Inappropriate for all ages. The interface is simple and easy to use. Members of the community right click on the content in question.

21. The technology behind VOPA … remote filtering and fuzzy hashing

26. Fuzzy Hash Technology Original Image Cropped or Manipulated Image Both of these images have the same fuzzy hash identifier and if one is blocked by the community, the other will also be blocked, regardless of its location on the internet.

27. There are several possible infrastructure models. Each is a possibility depending on the bandwidth and hardware capacity of the potential market. Following are three possible models.

29. The volunteer proxies receive free recognition at the upper right corner of the VOPA Toolbar.

34. VOPA is a non-profit … with multiple revenue sources

36. Here is an example of how VOPA advertising would work. Once an ad such as the one below has been voted as inappropriate, the filter will block it and replace it with a VOPA ad.

37. Such as this.

38. Inappropriate YouTube videos are replaced by commercials.

39. Here is an example of how competitor advertising works. When you click to buy an item, an ad pops up to show how much you can save by buying the item elsewhere.

40. The link from the popup sends you directly to the competitor. VOPA charges an affiliate fee for every purchase made through these ads.

41. VOPA’s aim is not only to provide a clean internet … but to incentivize all to use it

42. “ Simply having rules does not change the things that people want to do. You have to change incentives.” - Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia