Free Chatrooms The Mirror: Missing Darren is found
A BOY of 15 who vanished for nearly a week after logging onto internet chatrooms was last night safe and well at home with his family.Police staged a massive hunt amid fears Darren Freeman had been abducted by paedophiles preying on children on the web. But he was last night believed to have been at a friend's house.A Gwent police spokesman said: "The lad has returned home safe and well. We're still in the middle of our inquiries as to where he has...
Free Chatrooms The Mirror: Was Darren kidnapped by chatroom pervert?
THE desperate foster mother of a teenager who vanished after visiting internet chatrooms fears he has been kidnapped.Last night Lynne Freeman, 50, begged 15-year-old Darren to get in touch. But she thinks a paedophile may have lured him to a meeting through a chatroom and is holding him against his will.Lynne and her husband Dennis fostered Darren 10 years ago.She sobbed as she pleaded: "Please, please come home or ring us as soon as you can."If you...
Free Chatrooms AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Business Briefs Column
Sep. 25 IFC URGED TO EXPAND IN MID EAST: Arab finance ministers have called on the World Bank to expand the activities of the International Finance Corporation, its private development arm, in the Middle East. A statement from UAE Minister of State Dr Mohammed Khalfan bin Kharbash also sought more jobs for Arab nationals at the World Bank. WORLD BANK, US-LED IRAQ BREACH: World Bank President James Wolfensohn has publicly distanced his organisation from the US led administration in Baghdad. He...
Microsoft closes world chatrooms
STOPPING PEDOPHILES
With Australia among the few exceptions, computer giant Microsoft will close most of its Internet chatrooms around the world to protect children from pedophiles. The landmark decision follows a string of disturbing cases where sex offenders have used chatrooms to groom youngsters for sexual abuse.Free chatrooms in New Zealand, Brazil, Canada and Japan will also continue, but their contents, like those in Australia, will be monitored.Microsoft believes the only way to tackle the...
The Mirror: CLOSING THE NET
ONE of the world's biggest internet services, MSN, is closing its chatrooms to protect children from perverts prowling the net.Last night's announcement affects 350million chatroom users worldwide. They will be unable to log on from October 14 when MSN, part of Bill Gates' Microsoft empire, will ban all free chatrooms.It is aimed at paedophiles who stalk chatrooms to groom kids for sex.Children's groups and campaigners have hailed...