emphasized spam and porn as being the reasons for the closing.
Not so much in the UK (although it depends what you mean by 'porn'). Here it is the fear that paedophiles are 'grooming' youngsters for future abuse. There have been some high profile court cases recently... See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3133192.stm -- Dr Ben Anderson +44 (0)7710 187 806 www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/people/ben_anderson.html
From: Steve Jones <sjones@uic.edu> Reply-To: air-l@aoir.org Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:56:47 -0500 To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] The death of chat?
Given the international membership on this list I'd be very interested in hearing reactions to MSN's announcement from outside the U.S. The news stories I heard about it on the radio in the U.S. emphasized spam and porn as being the reasons for the closing. Is that the reporting elsewhere?