MSN Chat Room Directory

You must be a registered user or online subscriber to comment on this article. Although I agree that something needs to be done about the problems with chat, the porn spamming and the pedophiles... I feel that its the parents fault for allowing their children to do as they please and they should be held responisble not the innocent ppl using the service. My children arent allowed online without me sitting there monitoring their movements and they are definately not allowed into chat rooms. I feel that it is the parents responsibilty to monitor their children. Why not just pull the ones that promote the uncalled for behavior and chat and leave us parents that need to communicated with the outside world and other parents who go throught the same thing I do every day with their handicaped children.

I have never allowed bad language is my chat room. Dear Microsoft and MSN, I have a specail needs chat room for parents with handicap children. If there is exploitation of children it will now be continued on a subscription based service. Whereas Microsoft's actions in the past merely affected us in the IT industry, pulling these kinds of claims on ordinary folk is just sickening. As many people who have worked for MSN monitoring chat services can attest, Microsoft managers don't give a jot about child protection until they can make it a public relations plus or they are forced into it. They needed a PR coup to minimize the backlash of users and the spectre of child exploitation online seemed like a good one. They are not shutting anything down. MSN is moving their chat services to a subscription-only service. I would suggest to MSN to quit tampering with basic Human Rights and Freedom while operating inside of American Borders, or be preparred to face the consequences in appropriate court action due process. Tampering with Fundamental Freedom Of Speech Rights is unlawful and invites Class Action Lawsuits against MSN for abuse of citizens rights. Politics Chat rooms are not intended for 'Children'as they are too young to vote. Cheers to Microsoft for this move. Microsoft currently provides local MSN content in 33 countries and 17 languages, and the company says that more than 200 million people use the service worldwide; more than 1.2 million people access the MSN chat rooms.

The change is intended to help protect MSN users from unsolicited information such as spam and to better protect children from inappropriate communication online." The company's decision to change its chat strategy comes in the wake of a sharp increase in high-profile cases worldwide in which sexual offenders and other miscreants have lured children and other people to meet in person after chatting online. Executives from the company noted that in recent months, as most legitimate users have moved from chat rooms to Instant Messaging for online chat, chat rooms have increasingly been filled with inappropriate content for children. The changes will take effect October 14, according to Microsoft, and will affect all the countries in which MSN is available.