MSN is closing their chatrooms in 28 countries... - GoFuckYourself.com

09-24-2003, 01:33 PM

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Microsoft says it will drop chat room services in 28 countries next month, in a move it says will ward off pedophiles and junk e-mailers.

"They're trying to move people to their paid subscription sites," said Ian Brown, director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research, a technology think tank. "They are shutting down services for which people are not paying and getting a good bit of P.R. out of it."

link to article:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/interne...hat/index.html

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KRL · 09-24-2003, 01:57 PM

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Sarah_Jayne · 09-24-2003, 01:59 PM

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RedBumper · 09-24-2003, 02:00 PM

Was here (Belgium) on the news also. Outhere they stated they are closing it because it gets used by adults posing as kids to get dates with underaged girls.

beemk · 09-24-2003, 03:37 PM

09-24-2003, 01:33 PM	#1
buddyjuf Guest Posts: n/a	MSN is closing their chatrooms in 28 countries... LONDON, England (CNN) -- Microsoft says it will drop chat room services in 28 countries next month, in a move it says will ward off pedophiles and junk e-mailers. "They're trying to move people to their paid subscription sites," said Ian Brown, director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research, a technology think tank. "They are shutting down services for which people are not paying and getting a good bit of P.R. out of it." link to article: http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/interne...hat/index.html

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