BBC shuts Lonely Planet site over sex posts

By Asher Moses
Updated December 27 2012 - 9:08am, first published 3:00am
"They [the BBC] went into full, freak-out, panic attack mode" ... the message greeting visitors to the Lonely Planet Thorn Tree forum.
"They [the BBC] went into full, freak-out, panic attack mode" ... the message greeting visitors to the Lonely Planet Thorn Tree forum.

LONELY PLANET'S popular online travel forum, Thorn Tree, has been temporarily shut down by its owner, the BBC, reportedly after the discovery of paedophilia-related posts.

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