On 30 July 2006, the M-Net actuality program Carte Blanche broadcast an insert in which a young girl explained how an alleged pedophile contacted her via Mxit.
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Articles in the 27 July 2006 editions of YOU and Huisgenoot magazines indirectly implied that Mxit enables access to pornography and allows paedophiles to contact minor users, often by pretending to be minors themselves.