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"As a responsible leader we feel it necessary to make these changes because online chat services are increasingly being misused," it said.

Children's charities welcomed the move as "momentous" and said they saw it as a big step towards protecting young web users, but some have criticised the decision.

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Velez told the police officer in the chat room specific sexual acts that he wanted to do with the 1-year-old baby, the report said.

"We have been concerned about chatrooms for a while and reached a stage where we were no longer prepared to put up with inappropriate communication," he said.

Abusive contact Internet service provider Lycos has branded the action as "irresponsible" and fear children will move to other unmoderated chatrooms on the net.

Some have suggested that MSN may have economic reasons for closing down their chatrooms.

Even if you aren’t an avid internet user yourself, you likely know that online message boards and online chat rooms are different.

Online chat rooms have live communication appearing on the screen. Instead, online message boards involve communications that may carry on for days or even weeks.