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| Subject: Nintendo Suspends Swapnote Due to “Offensive Material” Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:25 pm | |
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- Nintendo has disabled the ability for 3DS owners to send and receive Spotpass notes via Swapnote (or Nintendo Letter Box in other regions) after discovering some users have been using the service to transfer offensive material.
“Nintendo has learned that some consumers, including minors, have been exchanging their friend codes on Internet bulletin boards and then using Swapnote (known as Nintendo Letter Box in other regions) to exchange offensive material,” reads a Nintendo statement on the company’s website. “Nintendo has been investigating ways of preventing this and determined it is best to stop the SpotPass feature of Swapnote because it allows direct exchange of photos and was actively misused.”
“Nintendo always wants to provide a positive experience for all consumers and limit the risk of any inappropriate activity or misuse of a service. We feel it is important on this occasion to take this action.”
Nintendo apologised to the “many consumers” who had been utilising the service responsibly but stresses it was compelled to take action after considering “many minors also use this feature of Swapnote.”
Service was stopped as 7pm PT, October 31 in all regions where the service was offered. Special Notes services are also stopped. No timeline on its return was offered. Source | |
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