Message 2 of 36 From: mrbond Sent: 24/09/2003 00:17
Of course it could actually be a cost cutting exercise by MS dressed up as look arn't we responsible protecting the children.
You can bet if they made a profit form it they wouldn't close it down.
Message 3 of 36 From: Watchman Sent: 24/09/2003 00:30
Possibly. The problem is that the self-appointed "protectors of children" are already on a roll over this, and will no doubt be pressurising ISPs to block IRC traffic next.
Once again, the adult population is expected to curtail its freedom just to make the world safer for children who shouldn't even have unsupervised access to the internet in the first place.
Message 4 of 36 From: mrbond Sent: 24/09/2003 00:36
yup, such willingness to blame everyone else for the ills of the world.
I wonder what they would make of waht I am doing now, playing a realistic online shooter?
Message 5 of 36 From: Mrjupp Sent: 24/09/2003 00:43
Makes no odds.
AOL banned everyone not an AOL subscriber (they're expensive and rubbish) from using their community boards and chatrooms some time ago; that and they record all your internet activity anyway. Not surprised MSN is now doing some of the same.
The irony about spam is that AOL accounts are the worst offenders, particularly for underage and teen porn sites which literally spam millions of email addresses. Yet AOL won't do anything about it.
Message 6 of 36 From: BingBongabong Sent: 24/09/2003
01:08
Just wondering.
When are we going to be protected from children ?
You Know? The fowl mouthed basta**ds that will rip up your flowers and scratch your car if you ask them nicely to stop making your life hell !!
Message 7 of 36 From: Watchman Sent: 24/09/2003 06:57
As expected, Carol Vordeman has been calling for all ISPs to follow suit. For crying out loud, why can't people just supervise their precious kids instead?
Message 8 of 36 From: sweet_soul Sent: 24/09/2003 07:12
I dont use msn chatrooms myself, as i find them full of strangers to me.BUT i do use some nice ones on Multicity...I hope my reguler ones dont have to close too, i have been chatting to my friends in them for years .
Message 9 of 36 From: loóny Sent: 24/09/2003 07:19
the msn version of the news is on their front page...
www.msn.co.uk of course,
chat rooms i have never used, although my first taste of the net was in a internet cafe in 98 with irc...
i dont see why msn needs to waste its cash on the chatrooms (when it can spend it on us groups instead please!) when irc does all the kiddy porn well enough.
Message 10 of 36 From: Watchman Sent: 24/09/2003 07:43
loony, they're a useful and cheap way of staying in touch when you have family and friends across the pond and Down Under like I have. MSN acknowledges that the vast majority of chatroom use is legitimate - as usual, the majority are made to suffer because of the actions of the few.
As mrbond said in #2, it's likely to be a cost-cutting exercise dressed up as "protecting children", but I don't like the way it gives a green light to the likes of Carol "what about the childruuuuuuuun?" Vorderman to call for the rest of the internet to be turned into a kindergarten. Why are these parents letting children access the internet unsupervised in the first place?
Message 11 of 36 From: Davodavies1 Sent: 24/09/2003 08:17
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Message 12 of 36 From: Reinforcements01 Sent: 24/09/2003 08:21
When I set my kid up with an MSN addy we spent weeks blocking out every porn-spam site. Fortunately, she now blocks the odd one that gets through herself. Unfortunately, we have a legal system that is soft on child abusers. I mean - five years - is that all? I know the other inmates torture abusers at every opportunity but the wimp brigade have got into prison management and the abusers get segregated with other abusers, therefore, they can enjoy group fantacy. So theives are teaching each other best practice, killers are teaching each other best practice and child abusers teach each other best practice. Whatever happened to the Chateau D'eath?
Or rum, b*ggery and the whip?
Message 13 of 36 From: Mids Sent: 24/09/2003 08:36
Davo it's chatrooms only. I dont think it includes message boards.
Message 14 of 36 From: ©Pandy® Sent: 24/09/2003 08:43
yr right Mids, it is only the actual chat rooms, not Groups {at least at this time.......}
Message 15 of 36 From: originalcrazycow Sent: 24/09/2003 08:49
Mids, you are right it doesn't include chatrooms BUT:
All of us decent people should be wondering where it is going to stop?
??
Message 16 of 36 From: PartyNaked Sent: 24/09/2003 09:04
It's not down to MSN to protect children. The sites are there because there is a demand and it is the responsibility of the child's parent or guardian to monitor what the child is looking at on the internet
