… Unverified accounts will have limited access to features such as voice chat, text chat, and any other social interactions with people other than friends until verification is completed." Users who do not verify their age as above 18 will lose access to some Battle.net features, including "social in… …
… Sign in to your TheGamer account The UK's Online Safety Act has been controversial since its inception . The law makes website and app owners who operate in the UK legally required to ensure that users' ages are being verified, in a bid to stop children from accessing harmful material. …
… Access to such content may be restricted unless you verify your age. …
… But the company will be adding further safety measures that include: preventing adults from contacting unknown children without parental consent strengthening the account settings of children’s accounts so they are private by default accessible reporting mechanisms that notify users of complaint ou… …
… It also acknowledges that child safety is important but believes this is the wrong approach to solving the problem: "It is frustrating to see policymakers suddenly claim everything is 'for our safety' while young people are often left to deal with bigger problems on their own elsewhere. …
Valve is investigating a reported safety issue involving the charging puck bundled with its Steam Controller after a Reddit user claimed the accessory overheated and nearly caused a fire following an accidental short circuit. …
… The advocacy of Gardner and others, along with the lawsuits Apple is facing over child safety issues, have amplified the issue, she says. “It’s all pressuring them to be forced to admit that they need to address child safety as a whole.” Apple is currently facing a lawsuit from West Virginia, which… …
… The court paper claimed that Roblox "has built an ecosystem that all but hands predators a roadmap to accessing young users: the platform's architecture lets adults target minors with ease, masquerade as fellow children, strike up conversations, and manoeuvre themselves into a position of influence… …
… There's been a concerted push for age verification by child safety groups and governments to curb the possible threats to children from online predators. …
… Claude asked for authorization to proceed instead of denying curl access outright. …