Yahoo shuts adult-child sex chat rooms

The move, which was announced by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer comes after an agreement between the search outfit and Yahoo.

Apparently, the New York attorney began investigations after learning that children had unfettered access to adult chat rooms.

Spitzer said Yahoo in June removed a number of highly dubious chat rooms. Many were located in chat categories entitled "Schools and Education" and "Teen."

Yahoo agreed to screen user-created chat room names, reject names encouraging sexual activity between adults and children, and purge chat rooms found to encourage such activity within 24 hours.

More at Reuters. µ