Habbo caught up in child sex scandal / Habbo Mute

[Awfy]

he looks about 30 to me

I know Jon Gold, he's only about 23 now so it's safe to say 11 years ago he'd definitely have been a teenager.

[Lewis]

Since the news article and everything that's happened about channel 4, soon to be on the news.... do you think habbo could shut down because of this? Lots of people have resigned, their entire like.. can't remember the name, but they could end up losing millions lol

Threads merged by Jordan (Forum Super Moderator): As both on same topic

[Storking]

The findings are 100% true, Habbo is completely full of vulgarity and cyber sex lately and Sulake knew all about it as it was being reported a lot by users, so i'm glad this has been escalated and they've lost sponsors from it.

Hopefully it'll make them take action on these rooms rather than telling us to "ignore it" so frequently. :rolleyes:

[Mark]

I'm glad Channel 4 have exploited habbo to what it truly is. There are far too much of these kind of activities going on and habbo know it. Imo they hide behind the fact they allow 'flirtatious chatting' to mask what is really going on. From the start of the merge Habbo's moderation has been diabolical and it humours me how only now they're actually combating it. Kudos to Channel 4 for doing this, hopefully Sulake will be forced to change their ways.

[Jordan]

I think it's good that now Habbo is shown for what it has mainly been hosting within the site. I hope because of this investigation Habbo realise that it is a problem that needs to be addressed now and not be delayed or ignored.

BBC News also have posted an article too http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18415763

[MKR&*42]

I think it's good that now Habbo is shown for what it has mainly been hosting within the site. I hope because of this investigation Habbo realise that it is a problem that needs to be addressed now and not be delayed or ignored.

BBC News also have posted an article too http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18415763

Oh I was trying to find a BBC article (I expected they'd report on it as well), ty xx

[Jordan]

Doubt it, but they will lose money.

One of the biggest investors in popular childrens' online game Habbo has pulled out after concerns were raised about "explicitly sexual interactions".

[Storking]

@Paullafo tweets:

"Rooms that have a context that is inappropriate we close. thanks"

"Freedom of expression and certain role play is part of being social. Cybering is not. So we safely allow one and block other. Thx"

"explicit rooms we search out and ban. We also balance freedom to express. You've made your points. Thanks"

What a load of crap! God knows how many times i've gone into cyber sex rooms and reported them, only to be told to "not abuse the call for help system" or "ignore it". Either he is deluded to what the moderators really do or trying to cover up the truth that C4 have uncovered.

[MKR&*42]

@Paullafo tweets:



What a load of crap! God knows how many times i've gone into cyber sex rooms and reported them, only to be told to "not abuse the call for help system" or "ignore it". Either he is deluded to what the moderators really do or trying to cover up the truth that C4 have uncovered.

They've only just started this today, but there are still quite a few rooms around. They should simply remove the [DATE] category from the navigator. I have no problem with [Friends] (like 16+, I've been into them loads and have never seen/been asked for sex) or [Party] but [DATE] is the major issue. Also, all the gay bi les rooms have gone... ik one of them certainly didn't deserve to go because the only actually put quite a good word filter in the room (via wired) which I kept getting caught out by . I think they just removed all with beds though .

[CrazyLemurs]

Wow that's bleurgh
And to think about 2/3 of Habbox has actually partaken in this "sport"