MSN SAYS NO TO CHAT ROOMS
Curbing pedophilia or cutting costs?

The Financial Times has reported that Microsoft is closing internet chat rooms because SPAM, the proliferation of paedophiles and others is damaging the reputation of its MSN service and the internet as a whole.

Originally free, the Chat service will close worldwide from October 14, apart from in the US, Canada and Japan, where it will become a subscription-only service.