Pedophile-Proof Chat Rooms?

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"I think this is an important area to research, undertaken by competent and well-motivated people," he says, however, "At the end of the day there are a difficult set of choices to be made as to whether or not this is the right type of technology to implement."

* Correction (10/23/08): This article originally did not identify Doug Skinner by his full name and title.



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  1. 1. eco-steve 05:59 PM 1/7/09

    That people can abuse such a marvellous tool as the internet shows just how much we have still to learn about the human mind.

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    any body knows about effects of ELECROMAGNETIC FILEDs on biological systemes?????????

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    any body knows about effects of ELECROMAGNETIC FILEDs on biological systemes? mobile phone fildes and permanant effects espicialy on protein structure ?

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