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The European Union is set to impose its toughest online-safety regulations on major digital platforms, extending the new rules to generative-AI services such as ChatGPT as well as social sites like Reddit and gaming platforms such as Roblox. The measures will require these services to implement stricter content-moderation, risk-assessment and user-protection mechanisms under the EU’s Digital Services Act.
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Australian regulators have determined that Roblox continues to exhibit significant child-safety failures, including inadequate mechanisms to prevent adults from accessing and harassing minors. The platform has been ordered to implement corrective measures to address these deficiencies, as it has not yet resolved the ongoing predator-related issues identified by the investigation.
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The European Commission will add OpenAI’s ChatGPT and the Roblox platform to the EU’s list of “very large online platforms” under the Digital Services Act, a designation expected as early as August. This status subjects both services to the strictest obligations of the DSA, including tighter content-moderation, transparency and risk-assessment requirements.
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Indonesia will prohibit children under 16 from accessing a list of “high-risk” platforms, including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X and Roblox. The ban is set to take effect on March 28, restricting under-16 users from using these social-media services nationwide.
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