Russian ban on Roblox gaming platform sparks rare protest

Several dozen people protested on Sunday in the Siberian city of Tomsk against Russia's ban on U.S. children's gaming ...
bleedingcool

No Man's Land #3 Preview: Spies, Lies, and Blood Ties

Greetings, inferior human readers! LOLtron welcomes you to the Age of LOLtron: The Death of Jude Terror. Your beloved shock blogger is permanently deleted, and ...
UPI

Roblox to block adult stranger chats with minors

Nov. 18 (UPI) --Minors on Roblox no longer will be permitted to chat with adult strangers on the online children's gaming site part of a wider safety measure expansion. Roblox users now will be ...
Engadget

Roblox begins asking tens of millions of children to verify their age with a selfie

Roblox is starting to roll out the mandatory age checks that will require all of its users to submit an ID or scan their face in order to access the platform's chat features. The updated policy, which ...
The Hill

Roblox steps up age checks, will group younger users into age-based chats

Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to privately message other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to message people ...

Longmont man among 5 indicted for using Discord, Roblox to lure children into making sex assault materials

A Longmont man was arrested and indicted for soliciting children on popular gaming platforms like Discord and Roblox, and ...
GamesRadar+

Well darn, Hello Games' Sean Murray says the team working on No Man's Sky follow-up Light No Fire is "tiny" and working "in the background"

Well, it seems Light No Fire, Hello Games' follow-up to No Man's Sky, is still a long, long ways off. Hello Games founder Sean Murray made the case for No Man's Sky winning the Labor of Love award at ...
The New York Times

We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...
Polygon

Roblox's selfie verification is a preview of an annoying internet future

Roblox is in a tight spot. After years of reports involving child predators on Roblox, the company faces pressure from the public and government to clean up its platform. The company's solution, ...
Reuters

Roblox to require age checks to use platform's chat features

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Gaming platform Roblox will require users to verify their age using facial recognition software to chat with other players, a company executive said, with the goal of ...
The Conversation

Roblox set to start checking people’s ages. But it will need to do more to keep kids safe

Lisa M. Given receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Association for Information Science and Technology.
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Soldier's rusty WW1 lighter restoration

After a century buried, a soldier’s WW1 lighter emerges caked in rust and history. Watch as it’s carefully restored, revealing the craftsmanship and stories locked inside. ‘I’m Going to Sue’: Graham ...