Habbo caught up in child sex scandal / Habbo Mute

[Aaron]

Thanks for posting this aha. I still find it ludicrous though that we're having to go Twitter and hotel view to find out stuff like this - a simple news article would do the trick and would be easily spotted by more people.

Are you lot actually on the game still lmfao? It's far too boring muted

No problem! Yeah agreed, if something was posted keeping us up to date with what's happening in relations to the mute ect.

Tonight's news report on C4 at 7pm will be interesting to see what they say tonight..

[lawrawrrr]

Gross generalisations are never good

I know that... people seem to be taking what I said completely out of context. All I meant was that everyone - especially young girls should eb wary of any situation, and learn to spot and stop the signs!!

[Niall!]

Actually while that is a pretty big problem (and one that directly affects me as an older member) a far bigger problem associated with this ridiculous belief that all males of a certain age are paedophilic rapists is that women are just as much a danger - over 60% of daycare molestation reports have female perpetrators, and 95% of youths in stateside juvenile facilities who report being sexually assaulted by a staff member report a female member of staff. Another report on sexual abuse survivors (not just in special facilities) states 23% of victims had a female-only perpetrator and 22% had both male and female perpetrators - females being involved in 45% of all cases. When you look at the figures, the idea that we ought to be wary of men because they're the dangerous ones just seems stupid.



Gross generalisations are never good



This is one of the biggest issues really, people are simply uneducated. I think just about everyone here agrees that actually teaching kids what's up is a better idea than forcing them to not speak to anyone ever, the only person I can think of who might disagree is Dan because he thinks that if you tell kids what a penis is they're going to become Satanists by the time they're 10

I admit I did a double take when I realized you were posting so seriously. I agree on everything though.

I wonder what their hotels investigation is about, undermodding or are they just looking for someone to make an example of?

[efq]

Channel 4 said Habbo will be shut down if they don't stop pedos? That's an impossible task.

Bad press for habbo. They are dooooomed

[MKR&*42]

Can't wait 55 mins, wish time machines existed .

I highly doubt it'd be shut down^ . Although I wouldn't be that shocked.

[Lewis]

A channel 4 advertisement before the simpsons came on said 'Habbo Hotel may be shut down if drastic action is not taken'

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[Aaron]

Channel 4 said Habbo will be shut down if they don't stop pedos? That's an impossible task.

Bad press for habbo. They are dooooomed

DID CHANNEL 4 NEWS JUST SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HABBO BEING SHUT DOWN?

Where was this said.. the site, news station or?

[FlyingJesus]

especially young girls

1 in 6 adult men report being sexually abused as a child, you may want to rethink the addition of that particular clause in your post, as well as in your general thinking on such matters

[Storking]

ludus:



"As a former Sulake employee, great talent spent years building the Habbo brand. Absolute morons destroying it in days! So appalled."

"the response inc. muting all chat is just sheer lunacy. Absolute insane. I can't think of a person inside who would sanction that."

"There should be no mute. Whoever sanctioned that needs to put down the bottle of vodka. It's outrageous, not the Sulake way."

[Astronomist]

A channel 4 advertisement before the simpsons came on said 'Habbo Hotel may be shut down if drastic action is not taken'

I doubt they could close it down... there would be several unhappy people who have paid for stuff. Anyway, this only affects the UK so the most action they could take is blocking it from UK servers unless other countries wanted it blocked too.