Banks consider ban on chat rooms after rigging probe
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Jamie McGeever and Reuters | November 11, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - Big banks are considering banning traders from some online chat rooms in response to investigations into alleged collusion between dealers over key financial market benchmark rates, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. JPMorgan Chase , Credit Suisse Group and Citigroup Inc , among others, are reviewing chat room use over concerns that some of those forums are seen by regulators as potential venues for collusion and market...
Online trolls sadists at heart :
Clarence Page | February 19, 2014
It's official. People who leave ugly comments on the Internet are sadists and psychopaths, a Canadian study says. That's more elegant than what I call them. In the wild freewheeling world of the Internet, such creatures are called "trolls. " In the garden of Internet delights, trolls are big ugly weeds. Anonymously or with bold audacity, they invade civil discourse with off-topic messages or cheap, vulgar shots at individuals or entire groups of people with all the glee of a monkey...
TV sex report leads Yahoo to shut down chat rooms :
By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post | June 24, 2005
Internet portal Yahoo shut down its user-created chat rooms after a television news series showed the online service used in apparent attempts to lure children for sex. Yahoo spokeswoman Mary Osako would not say whether the decision was in response to a series on KPRC, the NBC affiliate in Houston, that showed online discussions bearing titles such as "9-17 Year Olds Wantin' Sex" and "Girls 12 and Under for Older Guys." Some of Yahoo's advertisers, such as Pepsico Inc. and...
Rules of behaviour :
Chat rooms, particularly those intended for children, usually have rules that they require users to follow. The rules are generally posted before entry, either on a web page or an MOTD-type banner in the case of IRC and other text-based chat systems. Rules usually do not allow users to use offensive/rude language, or to promote hate, violence, and other negative issues. Many also disallow impersonating another user. Chat rooms often do not allow advertising or "flooding", which is continually filling the screen with repetitive text. Typing with caps lock on is usually considered shouting (suggesting anger) and is discouraged. Offenders of these rules can be "kicked" (temporarily ejected from the room, but allowed back in) or banned completely either on a temporary or permanent basis.
Sometimes chat room venues are moderated either by limiting who is allowed to speak (not common), by having comments be approved by moderators (often presented as asking questions of a guest or celebrity), or by having moderation volunteers patrol the venue watching for disruptive or otherwise undesirable behavior. Yet, most commonly used chat rooms are not moderated and users may chat freely with the other occupants of the room.
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