OCSS · the open standard for child-safety signals
Build child-safety protections once. Enforce them everywhere.
One standard for parental-control apps and the surfaces that enforce them — less time wiring integrations, more time protecting kids.
signal flow · one envelope
signal flow · one envelope
Parental-control app
a parent sets a rule
did:ocss:app
signs one envelope
OCSS signed signal
one envelope, verifiable
verified to root
fans out · verified at each surface
5 ENFORCEMENT SURFACES
DNS · Cloudflare · NextDNS
Router · eero · Nest
Device / OS · iOS · Android
Browser / app store
Apps · Netflix · Instagram
Signed once. Enforced everywhere.
9capability layers
133rule categories
91laws mapped
30+jurisdictions
Two layers, one standard
Meaning and movement, kept separate.
Apps implement both once. Rules say what a signal means; the Trust Framework carries it as a signed payload.
architecture · two layers
architecture · two layers
OCSS
the umbrella standard
RULES
What a signal means
133 categories · the shared vocabulary
carried as payload
TRUST FRAMEWORK
How it moves & who's trusted
signed envelope + eIDAS-style Trust List
SIGNED
Like WebAuthn + CTAP under FIDO2.
The payoff
Stop building one integration per surface.
App-to-surface wiring is an N×M tangle. Get on the shared Trust List once, and it collapses to N+M.
before / after · N×M → N+M
today — one integration per surface
4 PARENTAL-CONTROL APPS
Filter app
Screen-time
Monitor app
Your app
wired pairwise · a tangle
5 ENFORCEMENT SURFACES
DNS
Router
Device / OS
App store
Apps · Netflix · Instagram
4 × 5 = 20 integrations
with OCSS — integrate once
4 PARENTAL-CONTROL APPS
Filter app
Screen-time
Monitor app
Your app
sign once
OCSS
the shared Trust List
verified to root
fan out
5 ENFORCEMENT SURFACES
DNS
Router
Device / OS
App store
Apps · Netflix · Instagram
4 + 5 = 9 integrations
Integrate once. Protect everywhere. Federation health turns green at three independent surfaces — no single point of failure.
Pre-ratification, in the open
We publish our zeros.
No production accreditations yet; the committee is forming. Verify every claim against the live signed ledger.
0 accredited in production
committee forming
by design
Founding coalition · forming
Help write the standard
you’ll build to.
Founding members shape the taxonomy, the conformance contract, and how trust is granted — before ratification, while it can still change.