Cellular17.11.2008
MXit gets new safety controls
The mobile chat and information-sharing service, which has up to 10 million users, will in the next few weeks introduce a new parental-control function that will allow parents to disable adult or public chatrooms for minors.
The move comes after The Times reported last week that 21-year-old Jean-Pierre Botes allegedly lured two Pretoria schoolgirls to his home after chatting to them on MXit.
Botes appeared in the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court, where he pleaded guilty to a charge of abduction.
MXit chief executive Herman Heunis said he was hoping to implement the feature before the school holidays.
Read about the safety feature at http://www.mxit.com/web/parents.htm.
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