Google and Roblox have teamed up to create a game that teaches kids how to spot internet scams and be careful about sharing personal information online. A set of experiments is called, and I quote, Make the Internet a Wonderful World. Melania Trump did name this thing?
It exists within the “game experience”. RobloxAccording to Google, this helps “reach kids who are already spending time teaching them the basics of online safety.” It brings kids into the “Magical World of Internets” which hosts a series of mini-games that touch on various aspects of internet safety. Some of the games focus on phishing attempts, while others emphasize “practicing kindness online.” Good luck with the last one.
Anyway, Make the Internet a Wonderful World currently available within Robloxwhich brings us to the elephant in the room. Roblox With nearly 80 million daily active users and many of them, it can be a great place to connect with kids. It has also been accused of being a dangerous place for the young players among us.
Turkey has completely banned this application enables the exploitation of children. Sony didn’t want that bring the game to PlayStation consoles before similar causes it was finally withdrawn last year.
According to the report, there are also accusations of financial exploitation of children on the platform report by The Guardian. Popular works can make designers a lot of money and so is the user base mostly children under the age of 16. This has led many to accuse the software developers of making a name for themselves through the influx of child labor. The Roblox The slogan, after all, used to be “Make it all right. Reach millions. Earn serious money.”
Roblox receives about 30 percent of all money generated through the platform, so it takes a special interest in the creative contributions of children. Studio head Stefano Corazza he once said Eurogamer that The ability for teenagers to earn money on the platform was “the biggest gift” and these kids “didn’t feel exploited.”
You might say, “Well, we’re exploiting, you know, we’re using child labor,” right? Or you can say: we offer people anywhere in the world the opportunity to get a job and even an income,” continued Corazza.
All this is perhaps to say that Roblox He should buy his own house before trying to teach kids how to avoid online scams. Roblox CEO and co-founder David Baszucki began addressing those concerns by going to Washington, D.C. earlier this year. to discuss child safety with legislators.
