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How the pro-Palestine movement is outsmarting the algorithms

For Nour Omar, a student in Cairo with 5,000 Instagram followers, reposting news about the genocide in Gaza is the smallest ...

I got an up-close look at Roblox's new safety feature. Here's what I found.

I traveled to Roblox's headquarters to do a demo of a new safety feature it says will help protect child users.
TechCrunch

Roblox CEO interview gets heated over child safety

Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki join e d The New York Times’ Hard Fork podcast to discuss the gaming platform’s new age-verification feature — but he seemed to get frustrated at the number of questions ...
Oklahoma's News

Second Oklahoma family files lawsuit against popular gaming app Roblox

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A mother and her 14-year-old son living in Oklahoma County have filed a lawsuit against ‘Roblox,’ alleging sexual exploitation. In the lawsuit, attorneys describe the app as a ...
The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...
Pocket Gamer.Biz

Fat Rat Games launches to build Roblox games and support creators

Björn Videler joined Fat Rat Games as chief business officer after five years at Gamefam. Fat Rat Labs debuts with Break a Friend, which has topped 10,000 concurrent users. Forsaken has surpassed one ...
Futurism

CEO of Roblox Says Child Predators on the Platform Are an “Opportunity”

Though the children’s gaming platform Roblox has notched over 200 million daily users at its peak, they’re not all there for fun and games. Active since 2006, the extremely popular online game has ...
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 ...
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If You Love Roblox, Try These Open-World Games

Roblox has been at the top of the gaming world for many years, and a large part of its success comes down to its accessibility and the level of freedom afforded to its players. There are very few ...
PCGamesN

Roblox CEO thinks adding gambling is "a brilliant idea" and calls its predator problem "an opportunity"

As a journalist, you know if an interview is going well or not. I've had stinkers - usually the ones where you're asking awkward questions that the interviewee would prefer not to answer, prompting ...
Wane

Oklahoma family files lawsuit against Roblox, calls it a ‘hunting ground’ for child sex predators

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A mother and her 14-year-old son living in Oklahoma County have filed a lawsuit against Roblox, alleging sexual exploitation. In the lawsuit, attorneys describe the popular ...