Roblox steps up age checks and groups younger users into age-based chats

The moves come as the popular gaming platform continues to face criticism and lawsuits over child safety, and a growing ...
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Roblox rolls out age checks amid child safety concerns

Roblox, the popular gaming platform, will require users to verify their age to access its chat features amid child safety ...

Roblox will require all users to perform age checks to access chat starting in January

The move comes amid multiple lawsuits, including from the attorneys general of Texas and Louisiana, against Roblox over child safety concerns. The lawsuits were filed following reports that Roblox was ...
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Roblox Rolls Out Age-Verification Requirement for Chat Amid Child Safety Criticism

The age-verification tool uses facial recognition to put players into specific age groups before they can chat online.
Video Games Chronicle

More players in the UK, US and Japan still prefer single-player games to multiplayer, survey finds

More players in the UK, US and Japan still prefer single-player games to multiplayer ones, a new survey has found. Ampere ...
The New York Times

A Partial List of Sites and Apps Affected by Outages

Major services were having issues, including WhatsApp, the official website for the British government and the payment app Venmo. By Joel Petterson Hundreds of websites and apps were reporting outages ...
RTE Online

Spiritan Order denies delaying progress on redress scheme

The Spiritan Order has denied deliberately delaying or obstructing progress on a redress scheme for victims and survivors of abuse. In a statement issued this morning, it clarified progress on the ...
Indiatimes

U’khand HC strikes down RTI panel’s order seeking DM’s inquiry

Dehradun: Uttarakhand high court has ruled that a state information commission has no power under the Right to Information Act, 2005, to direct another officer to conduct an investigation into a ...
Bloomberg L.P.

US-China Talks for ‘Huge’ Boeing Aircraft Order in Final Stages

The US and China are in the final stages of negotiations for a “huge” Boeing Co. aircraft order, US Ambassador to China David Perdue said, as the two nations look to thaw frosty ties and work toward a ...
Indiatimes

US-Japan deal: Donald Trump signs executive order cutting Tokyo auto tariffs to 15%; check details

Donald Trump signed an executive order implementing tariff cuts under a July agreement with Japan, reducing duties on Japanese automobile imports from 27.5% to 15% and formalizing a $550 billion ...
Hindustan Times

Smriti Irani's school record not to be shared, Delhi HC quashes info panel order similar to Modi's case

The court said Smriti Irani's educational qualifications were not a statutory requirement for holding a public office or carrying out official responsibilities. The Delhi High Court on Monday set ...
Hindustan Times

Chief Justice can’t write to any bench asking it to modify an order: Justice Oka

Justice Abhay S Oka, who retired from the Supreme Court earlier this year, reflected on the challenges before the institution In an interview with HT, justice Abhay S Oka, who retired from the Supreme ...