LONDON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. announced on Wednesday it would shut down its Internet chat rooms in 28 countries, saying the forums had become a haven for peddlers of junk e-mail and sex predators.
"The straightforward truth of the matter is free unmoderated chat isn't safe," said Geoff Sutton, European general manager of Microsoft MSN, told Reuters.
The head of the sex-crimes police unit here in Toronto sent an e-mail to Bill Gates regarding this problem, and got their attention obviously. I am proud to be a Canadian.
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jespah
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Wed 24 Sep, 2003 07:18 am
Re: Spammers, Pedophiles Force Microsoft to Quit Chat
Acquiunk wrote:
..."The straightforward truth of the matter is free unmoderated chat isn't safe"...
No kiddin'!
Sorry to be so flip but, really, what the heck does anyone expect?
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Monger
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Wed 24 Sep, 2003 07:47 am
That's too bad I liked MSN chat. It's not dangerous for an overwhelming majority. At any rate, free unmoderated chatrooms have been around as long as the Internet and won't be going away.
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