Habbo caught up in child sex scandal / Habbo Mute

I have to say, it's probably been mentioned but have you seen the Ads on Youtube and Facebook for Habbo!
All about dating and meeting up? They are bringing it upon themselves!

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Originally Posted by J-Raviv

I felt as though Paul was trying to silence me due to me being in the Council. https://twitter.com/PaulLaFo/status/212577512650313730

He was saying that I'm pretty much wrong, that what I have experienced or seen in my years of playing Habbo wasn't true... yet Channel 4 has video of it all? lol... Of course it's real. Though now the navigator is back to the old version, you no longer see the sexy singles rooms.

I'm tired of hearing Sulake say that they are "improving" moderation, that they are working towards fixing it. Fix it already. Be improved already, don't take a month to do so.

It's been three months, nothing yet.

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You should ask for an apology, it was incredibly stupid of him to ignore you when you are on a council (which never work and have no uses). How he is a CEO when he clearly has no interests in child protection is beyond rational thinking. Moderation is such a hot topic and has been for years, and because of this it does make you wonder if they will ever solve these problems. It's an unmoderated site with no background checks - anyone can join. If they checked everyone it would be safer, but obviously it would be far too costly and time consuming to do so and is out of the question. Habbo should just close, the industry they work in is far too dangerous and easy to exploit.

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Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx

Thought I would link you to the tweet where Tesco say they have removed the cards:

https://twitter.com/UKTesco/status/212630145675165696

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Baha ;
Tesco Customer Care
‏UKTesco
@RevPaulCA Hello Paul, we have taken the decision to remove the Habbo Hotel Giftcard from sale.
>" Rev. Paul Farnhill ‏@RevPaulCA
.@UKTesco Well done you. Every little helps. ;)"

LOL Jeez, can't wait till some place like New Zealand starts reporting on it ^^^^^^.

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

You should ask for an apology, it was incredibly stupid of him to ignore you when you are on a council (which never work and have no uses). How he is a CEO when he clearly has no interests in child protection is beyond rational thinking. Moderation is such a hot topic and has been for years, and because of this it does make you wonder if they will ever solve these problems. It's an unmoderated site with no background checks - anyone can join. If they checked everyone it would be safer, but obviously it would be far too costly and time consuming to do so and is out of the question. Habbo should just close, the industry they work in is far too dangerous and easy to exploit.

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Honestly I'm just annoyed that Sulake is denying the allegations which are 100% true, and then telling me, a Habbo who has played for years on a regular basis, that these actions never happen or are dealt with immediately!! they aren't, at all!

Seriously, though, Habbo is more than just the hotel: they have the site, too, and they don't moderate that nearly as much as they should. People get exposed sexually on there and it takes moderators forever to deal with it, only after hundreds of people have seen the photos and saved them.

Paul is very ignorant to what's actually going on in Habbo these days!

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Originally Posted by Greed

I log in for the only time in many ages... and I see this. I guess somethings in habbo don't change. ;) Lol.

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Welcome back to HabboxForum! :D

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Originally Posted by Kushja

Baha ;
Tesco Customer Care
‏UKTesco
@RevPaulCA Hello Paul, we have taken the decision to remove the Habbo Hotel Giftcard from sale.
>" Rev. Paul Farnhill ‏@RevPaulCA
.@UKTesco Well done you. Every little helps. ;)"

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Ughhhh, that guy is so cringy!! Welcome to HabboxForum, by the way! :)

The Telegraph have published it too... uh-oh!!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...phic-chat.html

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Originally Posted by J-Raviv

Honestly I'm just annoyed that Sulake is denying the allegations which are 100% true, and then telling me, a Habbo who has played for years on a regular basis, that these actions never happen or are dealt with immediately!! they aren't, at all!

Seriously, though, Habbo is more than just the hotel: they have the site, too, and they don't moderate that nearly as much as they should. People get exposed sexually on there and it takes moderators forever to deal with it, only after hundreds of people have seen the photos and saved them.

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I remember it happening when I last went on - a few years ago now I think? It's been going on for so many years and now they've been exposed they're acting like it's only recent and a blip in their service. I hate it when CEOs do the usual statements: "Safety is our #1 concern". Well if it is, why did you let 20 children to be sexually abused by one 21 year old user? Eejits.

Also, it's tempting to leave a comment of "Yes he is" in your Twitter conversation - but I don't want you in trouble for being honest and filled with morals.

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Originally Posted by Mathew

Welcome back to HabboxForum! :D



Ughhhh, that guy is so cringy!! Welcome to HabboxForum, by the way! :)

The Telegraph have published it too... uh-oh!!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...phic-chat.html

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Telegraph article:

By Emma Barnett, Digital Media Editor

2:37PM BST 12 Jun 2012 19k followers (Twitter).

Oh dear, so that's potentially 19k twitter followers who could see it LOL.

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Originally Posted by Mathew

Welcome back to HabboxForum! :D



Ughhhh, that guy is so cringy!! Welcome to HabboxForum, by the way! :)

The Telegraph have published it too... uh-oh!!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...phic-chat.html

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Now you know ***** getting real!!