Kids shouldnt have access to IM programs till they're 15.
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Shut up...
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No offense or anything, but why don't you actually debate him rather than just saying "Shut up?"
As for what Timo said, it won't work.
First of all, there already is COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection) for people under the age of 13 but most people will just lie about there age online. It would be the same with the 15+ thing.
Also, being 15 is still being a miner, aand 15 year olds are a lot more horny than a 12 year old, and will be more likely to get molested, if it happens, as they are more likely to wwant to exhange pictures, etc.
For people who say it is Microsoft's fault: It isn't. Its a voice chat system. Most games on Live are M, and for some reason I want to guess the game they met on was Halo 2, the most popular game for Xbox, from Microsoft and Bungie. Now, im not saying minors should be banned from M games, but a parent should be checking in on them sometimes. Of course, again, it isn't really MS's fault at all. The two ONLY MET on Live, they exchanged emails via Live, and then thats where it began. Which I guess could pretty much cancel out this entire paragarph.