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Crisp Protects Xivio Users during Record Growth in Virtual World and Social Networking Environments

Full Suite of Safety Features Allows Worry-Free Game Play for Parents, Fun-Filled Game Play for Kids

Crisp, the online child protection specialist, has signed up a new client, Xivio, a virtual world and social networking website for kids, to its NetModerator™ product.

Xivio has experienced record growth in the last 60 days and is bolstering its offering with NetModerator’s monitoring of live chat interactions thereby ensuring the safety of its young customer base.

Crisp’s NetModerator protects children visiting virtual communities from inappropriate conversations, bullying and potential sexual predators.

Andrew Lintell, Chief Executive of Crisp, said: “Increased usage of social networks and virtual communities is putting web site moderators under immense pressure to spot inappropriate content and potentially harmful relationships.

“Xivio are amongst the first to recognise that this usage will only increase. Crisp NetModerator will dramatically enhance Xivio’s ability to police their site effectively.

“Their moderators will now have the support of technology that works with them to maintain standards and safety for their users.”

Online safety is a concern for those who participate in social networking sites and for parents whose children are active in cyber communities.

However, the addition of NetModerator to this suite of tools will provide unparalleled levels of protection.

David Wisotzky, founder and CEO of Xivio, said: “Xivio is committed to providing a healthy and interactive virtual world for its users. Thus, the combination of Crisp and Xivio is ideal for the ultimate protection online.”

About Crisp Thinking:

With offices in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK and Beaverton, Oregon, U.S., Crisp offers a range of child protection solutions for home Internet users, Internet Service Providers and Virtual Worlds/Social Networks. Crisp has responsible and specialist knowledge of the issues surrounding online child safety that address the increasingly complex tactics of abusers and bullies. For more information, please visit us online at www.crispthinking.com or our recent acquisition IMSafer at www.imsafer.com.

About Xivio:

Xivio was launched in Miami, Florida in April 2006. Xivio started as a Flash-driven virtual world chat room environment for children. Xivio avatars and virtual rooms are completely modifiable so that members can personalize their space which allows for a type of real-time interaction not seen on other social networking sites worldwide. Online safety is a big concern for users and parents in these communities, thus Xivio monitors the communications through its patent pending democratic content rating system and Parents Zone. For more information, please visit www.xivio.com.

Media Contact:

Xivio
David Wisotsky
877.524.6003
david@xivio.com

Crisp Thinking
Jimme’ Peters
503.816.0500
jimme@24-7consulting.com

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