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I heard so many voices screaming...
... then, silence. Something's happened.
Habbo 'muted' following explicit sex chat claims
Habbo Hotel, a popular social network for children, has temporarily suspended the chat function on the service.
It follows allegations that pedophiles are using the virtual hotel to groom youngsters for sex.
A two-month Channel 4 investigation revealed that explicit sex chats were common within minutes of logging on to the service.
The decision to suspend chat has angered Habbos, as users of the hotel are known.
All chat on the service - which has 250 million users - has been suspended, the firm announced last night.
"Habbos, due to the challenging behavior of a few users, we have decided to mute the site and will update you when we have more information," the firm announced on Twitter.
Speaking in a blog post on parent site Sulake, chief executive Paul LaFontaine said that the firm "was reviewing the long-term plans for the Habbo community".
Habbo claims that it tracks 70 million lines of conversation daily and employs more than 225 moderators.
Spotting pedophiles
Many felt the move to mute conversations was unnecessary.
One tweeted: "Habbo Hotel has always been full of pedophiles. Avoiding them was part of the game."
Retailers WH Smith, Game and Tesco have announced that they have taken the Habbo gift card off sale, pending further investigation.
Venture capital firm Balderton told the BBC it had decided to drop its stake in Habbo's owner, Sulake.
In the game, players, using avatars, move from room to room, chat to other users and furnish their rooms using credits.
Posing as an 11-year-old girl, a Channel 4 News producer said she had witnessed "very sexual, perverse, violent, pornographic" chats.
Rachel Seifert spent two months on Habbo and said after she took part in online chats, she had quickly found herself in the middle of conversations of extremely explicit sexual nature.
John Carr, a consultant on child internet safety acknowledged that some children will know how to use online services.
"I don't doubt some kids are super smart, can 'spot a perv' and avoid them with no difficulty, but... not everyone has that talent," he said.
Last year, pedophile Matthew Leonard was sentenced to seven years after admitting grooming young girls he had met via Habbo.
A spokesman for children's charity Childnet told the BBC: "The message from us is that children need to know how to stay safe."
Social network Club Penguin puts safety at the top of its agenda by using filters that limit what can be discussed.
While Moshi Monsters, another child-friendly social network, bans private messaging.
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Re: I heard so many voices screaming...
My little sister used habbo. I kept telling her that she 50% of the times were speaking with a pedophile pretending to be her age but she still insisted on playing. Last year when my younger brother played her a prank and got her permanently banned she quickly moved on to a similar just as dangerous community game that basically just had stolen habbo's system and graphics. I decided to monitor her movements and quickly confirmed all yom posted above. Young girls should seriously not be allowed on the internet... and if I get a daughter I will block her internet access until she turns 15.
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Re: I heard so many voices screaming...
What could possibly be more dangerous than Habbo? Weibo?
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Re: I heard so many voices screaming...
They wobble but they dont fall down?
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Re: I heard so many voices screaming...
Say again. YomToxic wrote: What could possibly be more dangerous than Habbo? Weibo?
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Re: I heard so many voices screaming...
some shit site with pandas.
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Re: I heard so many voices screaming...
We must research this line of thought further and make it MOAR dangerous!
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Re: I heard so many voices screaming...
IF EVERYONES A PEDO THEN NOONES AT FAULT
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Re: I heard so many voices screaming...
nothing wrong with being a pedo. What's wrong is acting as a pedo.
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Re: I heard so many voices screaming...
So exactly where is this site?
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Re: I heard so many voices screaming...
no idea. Can't even remember the name.
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Re: I heard so many voices screaming...
I SAY WE PREPARE AN EXPEDITION.
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