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Aimed at 13 year olds Habbo Hotel was always going to attract israel tour packages the wrong sort of attention both speculatively and in reality. With such a huge community of younger teenagers Habbo relies on it's own moderation software that flags up keywords used in conjunction with other phrases. When a conversation is flagged it is then passed to a human moderator and check for context and implication. This all seems incredibly safe and in 2010 the company did pass an EU regulatory check which gave their security a seal of approval. For all intents and purposes Habbo Hotel seemed safe.
Here in the UK the Channel 4 news launched a full investigation into the allegations and found users of the site having "very sexual, perverse, violent, pornographic" conversations with researchers undercover as children within israel tour packages the 250 million user strong community. Sulake (the company behind Habbo Hotel ) said moderation would be more sever but that the news; as reported by Channel israel tour packages 4, was rubbish , bias and exaggerated .
Following these reports israel tour packages two important things israel tour packages happened. Firstly, 3i (the company's main investor) pulled out as a shareholder in Sulake this then led to three major retailers (Tesco, WHSmith and GAME) into stopping the sales of all Habbo Hotel gift cards. This represents a huge failure in the company to reassure their stockists about the future of the company and would imply that there were also difficulties in the company to substantiate the claims that Channel 4 had produced an unfounded report.
Although, I will cover my back and say all suspicions are unfounded. In all fairness israel tour packages Habbo Hotel has provided younger users with a safe environment online for a long time; both teaching them valuable lessons about protecting themselves online israel tour packages and how to have fun whilst doing so. It is also important to note that there are a vast quantity of users that use the site for positive reasons each month and this should be remembered when damming Habbo Hotel.