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  • Paedophiles force NineMSN chatroom closure

    Australia's NineMSN has announced it will close its chat-rooms in the interests of child safety, effective 14 October.

  • Microsoft: Doing it for the kids

    COMMENTARY: Microsoft claims it has taken down its chatrooms in the interest of protecting children - but its motives may not be as altruistic as they seem.

  • NineMSN goes low profile with chatroom closure

    NineMSN may have garnered headlines galore through its plan to shut down its chatroom services because of paedophile concerns, but the service's own Web site doesn't appear too keen to warn users of the closure.

  • Vodafone to monitor mobile chat around the clock

    Vodafone Australia said it planned to introduce 24-hour moderators and profanity filters in its mobile chat-rooms as part of a range of measures to reduce the potential for paedophiles to abuse the service.

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