The Mirror: CLOSING THE NET
ONE of Britain's biggest internet services, MSN UK, is closing its chatrooms to protect children from perverts prowling the net.Last night's announcement affects 11.6million chatroom users. They will be unable to log on from October 14. MSN, part of Bill Gates' Microsoft empire, will ban all free chatrooms, affecting 350million users worldwide.It is aimed at paedophiles who stalk chatrooms to groom kids for sex.Children's groups and...
The Guardian: The chat trap: Microsoft's decision to close its free chatrooms has been hailed by children's charities as a crucial blow in the battle against paedophiles. But will evicting over a million young chatters expose them to greater risks, asks Ben Carter
For months children's charities, the government and much of the tabloid press have been pressurising the internet industry to take decisive action to clamp down on the increasing amount of paedophile activity on the web.Last week the first indication that the message is finally getting through came with the news that Microsoft is closing down all of its free chatrooms globally - in the UK, it will completely shut down its chat-service on October 14. This decision has been...
The Mirror: CLOSING THE NET
ONE of the world's biggest internet services, MSN, is closing its chatrooms to protect children from perverts prowling the net.Last night's announcement affects 350million chatroom users worldwide. They will be unable to log on from October 14 when MSN, part of Bill Gates' Microsoft empire, will ban all free chatrooms.It is aimed at paedophiles who stalk chatrooms to groom kids for sex.Children's groups and campaigners have hailed...
Free Chatrooms Pedophile fears cause chatrooms to close
MICROSOFT will close its Australian Internet chatrooms next month in response to fears pedophiles are using the service to groom children for sexual abuse. The company yesterday announced it would shut all chatrooms on its popular NineMSN site, currently used by 300,000 Australians, on October 14.Microsoft will also close chatroom services in other countries including the United Kingdom, and will moderate chatrooms in other countries including New Zealand, Japan and the US.NineMSN...