UK Messenger Debuts Chat Predator Button

Search Engines WEB writes “Millions of young people in the UK who use Windows Live Messenger or MSN Messenger to chat online with friends are now just one click away from making a report to police if they are concerned their online “buddy” is a sex offender. The move sees the incorporation of a new Messenger tab and features the CEOP Centre’s distinctive “report abuse” icon which links users in the UK directly to online police services. This allows young people and adults to report suspicious behaviour and instances of inappropriate contact of a sexual nature they have encountered whilst chatting in this virtual environment. And the service doesn’t end there. Through the icon and link to the CEOP web site, users from anywhere in the world can access the Virtual Global Taskforce

August 24, 2006 by Uncategorized 0

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