June 20, 2013
Chat rooms have existed since the birth of the world wide web and were once the most popular and frequently visited type of website available online. Many factors have put and end to the chat room domination over the years, the launch of social networks like Facebook being one reason but the main reason could possibly be that of safety.

Like any website that is accessible to the general public that allows sharing of user generated content, there are risks, especially for minors, due to the growth of the internet and more internet predators having access to personal profiles. Chat rooms have been targeted as the main threat to internet safety when protecting the public from online predators, you only need to watch an episode of "To Catch A Predator" on Dateline NBC to understand the risks of using such sites. One chat site has taken safety very serious to protect it´s chat room members by employing a dedicated team of professional admin staff to moderate their chat rooms 24/7, LiveOnlineChat.org possibly offers the safest chat rooms available online.

Simon Ward, the CEO of LiveOnlineChat.org, said: "It is a great shame that chat rooms have such a bad reputation when it comes to internet safety, but I can understand why many people should be worried, looking around the net at some chat sites that are left un-moderated, there should be cause for concern. Then you have random video chat sites were strangers hook up totally un-moderated, that is were the real danger starts. There should be a rule or law in place to make sure that such websites are moderated to protect minors, you simply can´t watch what your kids are up to online 24 hours a day, with all the new apps and internet enabled devices, it is an impossible task, so the blame has to be made at the webmaster or search engine allowing such sites so much publicity. There is no real internet police force monitoring these sites, the only way right now is to protect your own website members and that is something we are and have been doing for years. We make sure that all of our chat rooms are moderated 24 hours a day and as soon as we see something that could be potentially bad, it is nipped in the bud straight away and if necessary, reported to the ISP."

About LiveOnlineChat.org

Live Online Chat offers free chat rooms based around a fun social network that has many features, including, polls and voting, ratings, photo and video sharing, tournament games and customized profiles. It allows people from all over the world to communicate in a safe environment and have fun at the same time.

For more information, please visit http://www.liveonlinechat.org