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One in five kids hit by 'digital bullying'
News One in five youngsters has suffered from 'digital bullying' either by text messages, email or in internet chatrooms. Other forms of digital bullying experienced included abuse in internet chatrooms (five... [07 Jun 2005]
5 years ago... Wire-tapping laws set to cost UK ISPs millions
News The idea that ISPs should take a more active role in controlling the use of their chatrooms, with regards to grooming and the dissemination of child pornography was popular with many, but suggestions... [20 Aug 2004]
Best of Reader Comments: Nationwide's offshoring snub and internet blame game
News As a family, we talk about the dangers of chatrooms, in the same way we would discuss why a film/television programme may or may not be suitable for them to view. Another controversial subject, which brought feedback... [20 Jan 2004]
3G 'child porn' claims scare operators into action
News Children under 18 will be unable to use third-generation phones with unlimited access, effectively barring them from entering adult-orientated sites, including porn or gambling sites as well as chatrooms. [13 Jan 2004]
Net accused over 1,500 per cent rise in child porn crimes
News He believes that whereas with 'fixed' internet, accessed typically by sitting at a PC, children's usage can be monitored by parents or teachers, with mobile internet phones children can use them anywhere and enter... [12 Jan 2004]
Campaign aims to protect kids from online dangers
News The aim of the campaign is to make parents aware of the potential for paedophiles to use the internet to 'groom' victims, as well as advising young web users how to keep themselves safe on the internet and reiterating the message that... [08 Jan 2004]
MSN calls time on chatrooms
News Microsoft has officially shut down its MSN chatrooms in 24 countries - to cheers from child protection groups, sneers from rivals and an ambivalent reaction from its users. Microsoft touted the closures... [15 Oct 2003]
Is MSN hiding behind social responsibility?
Comment MSN has announced it is to scrap its chatrooms over concerns about child safety in the wake of a number of high profile scares and incidents involving children who have been contacted by paedophiles online. [24 Sep 2003]
'Protect your kids': Symantec tells parents to wise-up
News The new initiative is planned in particular to highlight the threat posed by paedophiles preying on children in chatrooms. The research also reveals one third of parents do not monitor their child's... [07 Jan 2003]
Parents and kids educated on the threat of web paedophiles
News The UK government has launched a new initiative to better educate parents and children on the risks of internet chatrooms and the paedophiles who prey upon them. It is hoped the new initiative will crackdown on the... [06 Jan 2003]
Blair pumps £1.5m into 'safe surfing for kids' campaign
News The UK government will launch a £1.5m national newspaper and magazine advertising campaign later today in a bid to improve child safety in internet chatrooms. Paedophiles are dangerous - not internet... [02 Dec 2001]
Chatrooms: Your route to business success (LOL?)
Comment Online chatrooms don't have a great image right now. It advises adults to keep an eye on their child's chat activities and recommends ISPs monitor what goes on in these virtual hubs. If the UK press and... [11 Apr 2001]
Straw launches taskforce to tackle online child porn
News In achieving this end, the taskforce will also review internet content rating systems and implementing a 'kite marking' scheme for chatrooms that are deemed safe for children's viewing. The taskforce will be chaired by... [29 Mar 2001]
Behind the Headlines: Site owners should pay to police child chatrooms
News Most of the chatrooms visited are run off individual sites and it's up to the brand that owns the website, chat room or forum whether they are prepared to invest in moderation. The claim came from Robert Marcus of... [23 Mar 2001]
Will kitemarks keep your child's chatroom safe?
News In response to growing fears that children are vulnerable to paedophiles on the internet, the UK Home Office last week published a report advocating that chatrooms for children be moderated by a responsible adult and... [21 Mar 2001]
