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Roblox Banned a Creator for ‘Hunting’ Pedophiles — And Critics Are Pissed

Trying to expose and confront potential sex offenders in videos to be posted online — a practice sometimes referred to as “pedophile hunting” — is a booming genre of social media content. Among the ...

KY mother sues gaming platform Roblox after teen daughter dies by suicide

A Northern Kentucky mother is suing a popular gaming company after her teen daughter died by suicide, claiming it allowed ...
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Roblox rolls out open-source AI system to protect kids from predators in chats

FILE - The gaming platform Roblox is displayed on a tablet, Oct. 30, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Leon Keith, File) Roblox, the online gaming platform wildly popular with children and teenagers, is ...

Roblox wants to use AI to guess every user's age, but investors aren't sure that's a win

Roblox (RBLX) has a plan to deal with a slew of safety issues: artificial intelligence. "We're going to use AI to estimate the age of every single person on Roblox," CEO David Baszucki told Yahoo ...
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Roblox rolls out open-source AI system to protect kids from predators in chats

NOW. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. TAKING ON AN ONLINE TITAN. THE FAMILY OF A 13 YEAR-OLD WEST DES MOINES GIRL IS SUING ROBLOX. THEY CLAIM SHE MET A MAN WHO CLAIMED TO BE A TEENAGER ON THE ...
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Roblox rolls out open-source AI system to protect kids from predators in chats

Roblox, the online gaming platform wildly popular with children and teenagers, is rolling out an open-source version of an artificial intelligence system it says can help preemptively detect predatory ...