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Microsoft closes 'unsafe' chat rooms

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Reuters

Published: 24 Sep 2003 09:35 BST

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1. i think the idea of closing msn chat is the bigges... Ryan tidgwell
2. The reason's given are a poor excuse. It's obvious... Mark Mulvaney
3. Why punish all for the sins of just a few? Stupid... Dimitri Taylor
4. MS protecting itself rather than kids IMHO. Neil
5. The fact that MSN chat will still be available to... Anonymous
6. This is the biggest load of rubbish I have heard i... Anonymous
7. "Microsoft competes with AOL Time Warner's Interne... Anonymous
8. A few years ago, before the monopilsation of the i... Anonymous
9. I think the idea of msn chat being closed down is... Anonymous

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