MSN closes 'unsafe' chat sites

[confus-ed]

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/sec...9116616,00.htm

"Microsoft 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 email and sex predators. "

Methinks its just to save some money !!!

[Archer]

The analysts seem to agree with you

http://www.forbes.com/home_asia/news...tr1090080.html

But the announcement was seen by some analysts and on online message boards as having more to do with business and revenues than a moral crusade and would have no great impact on the seedier side of the chat room culture.

http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia...048627,00.html

Freeserve, the UK's largest internet service provider, has hit out at rival Microsoft for pulling the plug on its UK chatrooms, accusing the US giant of cloaking a commercial decision in concern for children's welfare.

"All MSN is doing is forcing users to go elsewhere, potentially to non-moderated chatrooms with little or no protection," she added.

http://www.forbes.com/home_europe/ne...tr1089869.html

Rivals, including AOL, Yahoo and British Internet service provider Freeserve <NAD.PA>, said the Microsoft move would not make them rethink their chat policies.

"Chat is one of the most popular tools on the Internet and it's not going to go away," a spokeswoman for Freeserve said.

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