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Article: Yahoo to bar chat rooms that promote sex with minors
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- October 12, 2005
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SAMUEL MAULL, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
10-12-2005
Dateline: NEW YORK
Yahoo Inc. said Wednesday it will bar chat rooms that promote sex between minors and adults and restrict all chat rooms to users 18 and older.
The Internet portal also will prescreen the names of all user-created chat rooms if and when it restores the ability to create them.
The changes come under an agreement with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning.
"These efforts are consistent with and build upon our long-standing commitment to providing a safer and more secure online experience for consumers," Yahoo spokeswoman Mary Osako said.
In June, while still in discussions ...