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	Microsoft puts police button on Messenger

BitDrifter

8-24-2006 2:48 PM

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uk, united kingdom, britain, sex, msn, microsoft, security, police, msn messenger, messenger, chat, chatting, sexual predator, pedophile

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so users can report sexual predators in the UK.

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