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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.

  • 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.

  • Ninety percent of hackers are kids

    Most computer hackers are just bored kids with too much time on their hands, according to one industry expert who likens them to street vandals, and only ten percent of hackers really know what they're doing.

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