This does not count as a sanction towards being banned. As a result of the Channel 4 report about Habbo Hotel in , the entire hotel was placed on a complete mute. This mute prevented anyone from the chat, the mail, or the console from passing anything through the system. This included a revamp of the chat system and an update to moderation. Limited chat was released to test this new system on Habbo.
An undercover investigation led by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom found regular paedophile activity on Habbo. Those that answered were given a badge to recognize their support. A few were given trophies. You can not currently receive this badge though. On June 15, two days into the mute, Paul announced "The Great Unmute", a campaign that allows Habbos to have their say, telling Sulake what they want to see in Habbo.
The site opened on Wednesday at UK time for six hours. It allowed Habbos to openly voice their concerns and opinions to Sulake. Habbos were given questions to answer "What does your community mean to you? When the six hour period ended, www. After seeing the massive amount of responses to The Great Unmute, Paul LaFontaine described a new concept called "protected democracy" which would allow a regulated environment that protects free speech while keeping the community safe. On June 28, Sulake introduced the Parental Advisory Summit, a campaign that allows parents to participate in discussions regarding safety.
The summit would involve a three-day online forum facilitated by senior managers of Sulake. According to another the blog post published on June 26, these safety measures are also planned: [7].
In response to community feedback requesting the revival of the Hobba program, Sulake decided to introduce Guardians. Habbo Finland underwent a testing stage for the new chat system on June Any words not on the list would not be said. Spain and Brazil had their chat systems updated a few days after Finland and would provide a representative sample of users to make sure the system works efficiently.
On July 3, Norway , Sweden , and Denmark got the new chat. Finally, on Friday, July 6, Habbo. The limited chat system worked by essentially filtering words - words that are friendly and neutral e. This meant users could only say pre-approved words that are on the white list. If a user were to say a word that's not permitted, it appeared in the speech bubble as three black padlocks. While typing, words that could be said appeared in a normal font, while words not allowed were underlined and coloured red.
Top: An uncensored speech bubble with allowed words. Sulake Corporation has confirmed that the chat ban will remain on the site while it runs an internal investigation into allegations in a Channel 4 News report. Channel 4 News yesterday exposed widespread sexual and pornographic chat on Habbo Hotel , a Finnish website that is claimed to be "the world's largest social game and online community for teenagers". Players in the game create avatars and enter the virtual hotel, where they can move around, chat to others in public or private, and buy goods to furnish their own room.
A journalist for Channel 4 spent two months playing the game, under the guise of an year-old girl, and frequently experienced chat of a "sexual, perverse, violent, pornographic" nature. Net ID scheme for children mooted. Habbo users create an avatar and chat in virtual rooms around the hotel.
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