There I was thinking Microsoft had got the news agencies to buy their story hook, line and sinker about closing down chatrooms because of concern for child safety, when somebody finally came out with something approximating much closer to the truth. I've never used them, and I'm sure they are used for lots of heinous things, but if there is a concern of any kind, then the use of chatrooms by young children should be controlled by parents. In my opinion Microsoft's decision is a commercial one and it hasn't altered my views on the company one iota.
Posted by Joe at September 24, 2003 09:22 PMDefinitely the responsibility of the parents to monitor. But increasingly difficult in practice. I know my son has several opportunities throughout the school day to use the internet, with only minimal monitoring.
But we have given him the ground rules and trust him to keep to them.
Posted by: DJ at September 29, 2003 07:49 AMYou know, I'm not against the chat rooms shutting down. Probably a very good idea, but like Freeserve are saying, MS have made a commercial decision, cloaked it in 'social do-goody' terms and just driven the danger off their servers on to other non-moderated servers.
Posted by: Joe at September 29, 2003 08:06 AM