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  • 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.

  • In depth: BigPond boss speaks out

    The head of Telstra BigPond, Australia's largest Internet service provider, has warned the music industry not to expect much joy from the soon-to-be-released final version of an industry-developed cybercrime code of conduct.

  • Confusion over Yahoo!'s pledge to block paedophiles

    Two weeks after ZDNet News in Britain handed over ID information on suspected paedophiles believed to be abusing the Yahoo! Messenger (IM) service, the Internet portal is still unable to confirm whether it has blocked the offending accounts.

  • Vodafone closes doors on mobile chat rooms

    Vodafone will shut the doors on its mobile phone chat rooms until it can implement new measures designed to stop paedophiles abusing the service the company said late today.

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