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If your child plays Roblox, they are part of a massive global audience. Roblox has reported more than 144 million daily active users, with a large share made up of kids and teens who log in to play games, create content and connect with friends. That reach is exactly why a new change rolling out in early June matters.

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Roblox is introducing two new account types designed to better match what kids play and who they can talk to based on age. The shift centers on structure. Instead of one shared experience with layered controls, Roblox is building separate environments for different age groups. As a result, content, chat and parental controls will adjust automatically as a child grows.

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Roblox rolls out a new AI system that analyzes entire scenes in real time to detect harmful content across its platform. (Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

 

What are Roblox Kids and Roblox Select accounts?

Roblox is dividing younger users into two groups, each with its own rules and experience.

Roblox Kids (ages 5 to 8)

This is the most restricted environment. It is designed for younger children who need tighter guardrails.

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  • Access limited to games rated Minimal or Mild
  • Only games that pass a three-step review process
  • Chat is turned off by default
  • A distinct visual design so parents can easily recognize the account

The idea here is simple. Kids see a limited version of Roblox that removes riskier content and disables communication.

Roblox Select (ages 9 to 15)

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This group gets more flexibility, but still within limits.

  • Access to games rated up to Moderate
  • Same multi-step game screening process
  • Chat settings remain on by default in most regions
  • Visual indicators show the account type

At this stage, Roblox assumes users can handle a broader range of experiences, but still keeps filters in place.

How Roblox decides what games kids can play

Not every game makes the cut. Roblox is adding a continuous evaluation system that runs behind the scenes. Here’s how it works:

1) Developer verification

Creators must verify their identity, enable two-step security and maintain a Roblox Plus subscription.

2) Real-time evaluation

Older users, age 16 and up, effectively test new games first. Roblox studies how they interact and reviews reports before exposing those games to younger players.

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3) Content eligibility check

Games receive maturity ratings such as Minimal, Mild or Moderate. Certain categories, like social hangouts or free-form drawing, are excluded by default for younger users. This layered approach combines AI moderation, human review and real-world gameplay signals.

Age checks now control the entire experience

Roblox is expanding the same age-check system it introduced earlier this year for chat.

  • Users under 9 Roblox Kids
  • Users 9 to 15 Roblox Select
  • Users 16 and older standard with Roblox account

If a user does not complete an age check, they face stricter limits. They can only access lower-rated games and cannot use chat. Once verified, the system automatically moves them into the correct account type.

Roblox officials say the new system aims to proactively protect children while maintaining gameplay for compliant users. (Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

 

Accounts evolve as kids grow

There is no need to manually switch settings over time.

  • At age 9, users move from Kids to Select
  • At age 16, they move to a standard account

This automatic progression is designed to simplify things for families while keeping protections in place at each stage.

Parental controls get more precise

Roblox is also expanding what parents can do.

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  • Block specific games through age 15
  • Manage direct chat settings until age 15
  • Approve access to individual games outside default limits
  • View what games kids play and who they interact with

These tools give parents more direct control instead of relying only on broad content filters.

A move toward global content ratings

Later this year, Roblox plans to align with the International Age Rating Coalition framework. That includes familiar systems like ESRB in the U.S. and PEGI in Europe. The goal is to make ratings clearer and more consistent across regions. 

Why this matters to families

This update changes how Roblox works at a fundamental level. Instead of asking parents to constantly adjust settings, the platform builds age-appropriate experiences from the start. It also reflects a broader shift in tech. Platforms are under pressure to design safety into the product, not tack it on later.

As Larry Magid, CEO of ConnectSafely, an organization focused on helping families navigate digital safety, put it:

“By combining age assurance, stronger creator accountability, and parental controls, Roblox is helping set a higher standard for how platforms can better protect younger users while preserving positive online experiences.”

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Kurt’s key takeaways

Roblox targets nuanced rule-breaking by analyzing avatars, text and environments together instead of in isolation. (JasonDoiy/Getty Images)

Roblox is not removing risk entirely. No platform can. What it is doing is tightening the structure around how kids interact with content and other players. For parents, this could make things simpler. For kids, the experience will feel more tailored to where they are in life. The bigger question is whether this becomes the norm across gaming and social platforms.

If platforms start shaping experiences based on age by default, does that improve safety or limit how kids explore and learn online? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com.

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Google’s Android 17 update includes highlights like new floating “Bubble” app windows for easier multitasking, a Screen Reaction recording mode, and a 50/50 split gaming mode for foldable phones. Meanwhile, Wear OS 7 brings Live Updates, better battery life for smart watches, and prepares connections for new Android XR smart glasses that will launch this fall.

The update is rolling out to Pixel phones first, then other devices, with some features like Gemini Intelligence set to debut later this year.

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The Father’s Day gift that protects your dad from scammers

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You have probably already thought about the usual Father’s Day gifts. A golf shirt. A grill tool set. Another gift card that feels easy, but not exactly meaningful. So, here’s something worth thinking about this year. Your dad’s name, home address, phone number and even your name as his child may already be sitting on dozens of people-search websites. Completely exposed. Visible to anyone with an internet connection and a few minutes to search.

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Scammers are not just browsing those sites. They are using them to build detailed profiles. That means they may know where your dad lives, who he is related to and how to make a fake emergency sound real. That is why one of the most useful gifts you can give him this Father’s Day may not come in a box.

It is 30 minutes of your time, a few smart privacy steps and a service that helps protect him the other 364 days of the year. Here’s what is going on and exactly what you can do about it.

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HOW TO REMOVE YOUR PERSONAL INFO FROM PEOPLE-SEARCH SITES

A Father’s Day privacy check can help protect dads from people-search sites, AI voice scams and family impersonation fraud. (shapercharge / Getty Images)

What scammers can find about your dad in under 10 minutes

You don’t have to take my word for it. Go to Spokeo, WhitePages, or BeenVerified right now and type in your dad’s name. What comes back will probably stop you cold. A typical profile looks something like this:

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Robert D. Henderson | Age: 67 | Tampa, FL Also known as: Robert David Henderson Current address: [home address] Previous addresses: 5 records found Phone numbers: 3 found Email addresses: 2 found Relatives: 7 found, including [your name] Profile shown for illustrative purposes.

That’s just the preview. The full report costs a few dollars at most. Some of it is completely free. And that “Relatives” field? That’s where your name shows up. Linked directly to his profile. The scammer now has a starting point. From here, they start connecting the dots.

How scammers use your dad’s personal information

Once a scammer has your dad’s basic profile, the damage can grow quickly. Data broker sites do more than list current contact information. They can also show address history, estimated household income, property ownership status and a web of family connections.

Here is how scammers can put that information to work.

Family impersonation scams

A phone call may start with, “Hey Dad, it’s me. I’m in serious trouble, and I can’t tell Mom yet.” The scammer may know your name. They may know your city. They may even know he is your father. Suddenly, the call does not sound like a scam. It sounds like a family crisis.

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Bank security question attacks

Many banks and financial institutions still rely on knowledge-based verification. That can include a mother’s maiden name, a previous address or a city of birth. The problem is that those answers may already be sitting in public data broker profiles. A scammer can call his bank, pretend to be him and answer those questions correctly without ever touching his password.

Personalized financial fraud

Data broker profiles often include estimated home value and income range. Those details can come from public property records and marketing databases. If your dad’s profile shows a paid-off home and years of stable residence, he may look like a strong target for investment fraud, fake Medicare schemes and government impersonation scams.

Family-wide targeting

When one person’s profile is exposed, it can map the whole family network. Your dad’s data may lead to your profile. Your profile may lead to his grandchildren. One exposed profile can turn into a family-wide vulnerability.

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Elder fraud losses are climbing fast

According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, complaints from victims over 60 exceeded 201,000 in 2025, with reported losses topping $7.7 billion, a 59% increase in losses compared to the previous year. The average reported loss for older victims was more than $38,000.

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This isn’t like a stolen credit card charge that a bank can reverse. For many older victims, the loss can come from a retirement account or home equity built over decades. Once that money disappears, recovery can be difficult and sometimes impossible.

The FTC documented a more than fourfold increase since 2020 in reports from older adults who say they lost $10,000 or more to impersonation scams. Combined losses reported by older adults who lost more than $100,000 increased eightfold, from $55 million in 2020 to $445 million in 2024.

And because most elder fraud goes unreported, out of embarrassment, confusion, or simply not knowing how, the FTC estimates the real losses experienced by older adults in 2024 could be as high as $81.5 billion. Your dad isn’t careless. He’s not naive. He’s just exposed, and he has no idea.

Scammers can use exposed addresses, phone numbers and family connections to make fake emergency calls sound convincing. (iStock)

Why your dad’s personal information may already be exposed

This is the part that surprises most adult children. Your dad didn’t sign up for any of these sites. He didn’t consent to having his address history and family members listed publicly. It happened anyway.

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Data brokers pull from voter registration records, property tax filings, court documents, old marketing survey responses, loyalty program memberships, phone directories and from each other. None of that required his permission. Once it’s in the system, it gets bought, sold, refreshed, and resold constantly.

Even if your dad has never heard of Spokeo or BeenVerified, his profile may already be out there. Social media can make the problem worse. A Facebook account, a tagged photo or a public family connection can give scammers more clues. Add that to a data broker profile, and they may have enough detail to sound like someone who actually knows him.

You can run a quick free scan right now at CyberGuy.com/ to see exactly how much of his information is already out there. Results usually arrive by email within an hour. Most people are shocked by what shows up.

The 5-step Father’s Day protection checklist

Think of this as something you do with your dad, not just for him. It takes about 30 minutes together, and it’s worth more than anything on a store shelf.

Step 1: Search for your dad before a scammer does

Open a browser and go to Spokeo.com, Whitepages.com, and BeenVerified.com. Type in his name and state. Screenshot what you find. That’s the baseline, what’s visible right now to anyone who’s looking. While you’re at it, search your own name too. Your profile is his entry point.

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Step 2: Remove your dad’s information from data broker sites

Start with the data broker sites that appeared in his search results. Each site should have an opt-out or “Remove My Information” link, although it may be buried in the page footer. Then submit removal requests for the profiles you find. Some sites require email verification. Others may re-list the same information weeks later. A few may make the process frustrating on purpose. Even so, walking through two or three of the biggest sites with your dad can help him see the risk clearly. It also shows him why ongoing protection deserves attention.

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Step 3: Change your dad’s bank security answers

Call his bank together and update the knowledge-based security verification on his account. If the bank still asks for his mother’s maiden name or previous address as a verification question, those answers are likely already on a data broker site. The fix is simple: replace them with nonsense answers only he knows and store them somewhere safe. “Mother’s maiden name: BlueTractor62.” No scammer is finding that answer on a people-search site.

Step 4: Create a family code word

This step costs nothing. It may also be the single most effective thing you do together. Agree on a word or short phrase that only your immediate family knows. If he ever gets a call from someone claiming to be you, or claiming to be calling about you, he asks for the code word. No code word means he hangs up and calls you directly. With advances in AI, scammers can now clone the voices of loved ones, making impersonation calls even harder to detect. A pre-agreed family code word cuts right through that. Scams work by creating panic. A calm, pre-planned protocol eliminates the panic before it starts.

Step 5: Set up ongoing data removal as the gift

Here’s the honest limitation of Steps 1 and 2: they’re a snapshot. Data brokers refresh their databases constantly. Information you remove today may quietly reappear in a few months, automatically, without any action on his part or yours. Manual opt-outs don’t fix the underlying problem. They just create a temporary gap. The most genuinely useful Father’s Day gift isn’t a one-time cleanup. It’s ongoing protection that runs in the background without either of you having to think about it.

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Updating bank security answers and creating a family code word can help stop scammers from exploiting public personal data. (Antonio Diaz / Getty Images)

The Father’s Day gift worth giving: ongoing data removal

A data removal service can send removal requests to hundreds of data brokers on your dad’s behalf. It can also keep checking for his information and send new requests when it reappears.

That ongoing part is key. You can set it up for him, and neither of you has to keep chasing every people-search site one by one.

A family plan may be the smarter option because your exposure is connected to his. If your name appears in your dad’s profile, scammers can use that link to target both of you. Covering several family members under one plan can help protect your dad, yourself and other relatives at the same time.

Check out my top picks for data removal services and get a free scan to find out if your personal information is already out on the web by visiting CyberGuy.com.

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One more thing to tell your dad

Before you wrap up your visit, leave him with one sentence he can actually remember:

“If anyone ever calls claiming to be me and asking for money, hang up and call me back directly. I will never reach out through an unknown number.”

Say it out loud. Make sure he hears it. Then say it again at the end of the visit.

That one instruction can help stop a devastating scam before it starts. It does not require an app, a password or a subscription. It only requires a clear conversation with your dad, which is something you can have this Father’s Day.

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Kurt’s key takeaways

Your dad’s personal information may already be sitting on people-search sites, and he may have no idea it is there. Scammers can use that data to make calls, texts and emails feel much more personal. They may know his address, phone number, relatives’ names and even past places he lived. That gives them enough detail to impersonate family members, target his finances or get around weak security questions. That is why a good Father’s Day gift can go beyond another shirt, tool set or gift card. Spend 30 minutes with your dad. Search for his information, remove what you can, update his bank security answers and create a family code word. Then consider automated data removal, so his information does not quietly reappear later. The best gift may be the one that helps him avoid the call, text or email that could cost him far more than money down the road.

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As the rest of the country celebrated the USA’s first World Cup win and the New York Knicks championship, Anthropic spent its weekend fighting the Trump administration over its latest model release. At 5:21 PM on Friday, the company received a US export control directive to suspend access to its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 AI models by “any foreign national” inside or outside the US, “including foreign national Anthropic employees.” The only way that was possible, Anthropic determined, was to completely disable products it spent the past week hyping — and travel to Washington, DC in hopes of changing President Donald Trump’s mind. Now, over the coming days, the US government could dramatically alter the trajectory of the entire industry, dealing a major blow to American AI companies.

Claude Mythos 5 and Fable 5 are built on the same foundation as Anthropic’s Mythos Preview, which Anthropic dubbed too dangerous to publicly release. (The company’s warnings could be seen as genuine concern or more hype for their own model — or both.) Mythos 5 was made available to a select group of government agencies and companies, while Fable 5, which featured additional safeguards, was deemed “safe for general use.” But when a report indicated those guardrails may have failed, Anthropic’s dire warnings about Mythos falling into the wrong hands came back to haunt it.

A source familiar with the situation, who participated in the negotiations between Anthropic and the Trump administration, said the administration called the AI lab on Friday around 1pm ET and gave the company a 90-minute ultimatum to shut down access to Mythos 5 and Fable 5. If it didn’t, then the government would impose export controls on Anthropic by authority of the US Commerce Department.

The source said that Anthropic executives were talking to the White House within 15 minutes of that first call, confirming that CEO Dario Amodei joined the discussions about an hour and 15 minutes after that initial call. Amodei directly spoke with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross, in some cases more than once, the source confirmed.

Anthropic wrote in a release on Friday that the company believed that the government “believes it has become aware of a method of bypassing, or ‘jailbreaking’ Fable 5.” Rather than an existential threat, though, Anthropic said that the jailbreak in question was a “potential narrow, non-universal” one that was “shared with the government” by an entity the company declined to name. Moreover, Anthropic said the behavior wasn’t unique to Fable 5. “We have reviewed a report that we believe is the basis of the government’s directive and validated that the level of capability displayed there is widely available from other models (including OpenAI’s GPT-5.5),” Anthropic wrote.

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Semafor reported, citing one source familiar, that the hubbub began because the US government was concerned that a China-linked group had accessed the technology. But the source said that the China rumors went back weeks, referring to a large global telecommunications company that was initially cleared to be included in access to Mythos Preview, and that when the US government shared its concerns, Anthropic immediately revoked access.

An X post by David Sacks, the US government’s former AI and crypto czar who stepped down in March, didn’t mention China either. Sacks did, however, mention the unnamed entity that had exposed the issue to the government, calling it “a highly credible trusted partner of both Anthropic and the USG who was testing Fable [which] came forward with a jailbreak of those guardrails.”

Some reports point to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy as the person who flagged concerns to the US government after researchers at Amazon had red-teamed Fable 5. That conclusion stands at odds with some independent red-teamers, who have said they were impressed with the level of the protections.

The source familiar with the negotiations said that the Amazon research was explicitly mentioned in conversations with the US government. The person added that Anthropic had had access to that paper within days of the Friday export control directive and had been going back-and-forth since then with Amazon researchers to discuss it.

Everything in that paper, the source said, could be achieved by OpenAI’s GPT-5.5.

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Anthropic spent the weekend scrambling to make nice with the Trump administration, beginning with virtual meetings and then flying employees to DC, including Dave Orr, Anthropic’s head of safeguards; Logan Graham, who runs its frontier red team and has led work on Project Glasswing; and Nicholas Carlini, a leading frontier developer and cybersecurity researcher. Axios reported, citing a source familiar with the Trump administration’s thinking, that the company simply has repeatedly made missteps in its communication with the administration and that it “has not done a great job at trying to speak to the administration and appreciate the ideological differences.” For Anthropic, the timing couldn’t be worse: the company had banked on Mythos to help it recover, in part, from months of high-profile clashes with the US Department of Defense.

The source familiar with the negotiations said that Anthropic pre-briefed the administration on Fable 5, and that the US Department of Commerce conducted testing pre-deployment, with no concerns shared at the time. The source added that Anthropic had been working closely with government agencies since Mythos Preview’s release.

The Trump administration initially took a hands-off approach to AI safety — but post-Mythos, it has become more ambivalent, even as it frets over the threat of losing the AI race to China. Now, prominent cybersecurity leaders have warned that sidelining Mythos 5 and Fable 5 could give China a significant AI advantage. Trump’s move has galvanized international calls for alternatives to American AI systems, while effectively putting a major US AI company’s new flagship model on ice.

A public letter from tech and cybersecurity executives called for restrictions on Fable 5 to be repealed on Sunday. “Not all of us agree that AI regulation is the right way forward,” the letter states, adding that if regulations are going to happen regardless, then they should be rooted in “scientific evaluations developed with input from industry and academia.”

Alex Stamos, chief product officer at Corridor, told The Verge he organized the public letter because the countless number of vulnerabilities in the past decade-plus, written in a variety of different coding languages, require AI to patch before bad actors find them. “We’re in a race, and I think policymakers don’t understand that,” Stamos said. “There’s this weird arrogance, this idea that American labs are hugely ahead of our adversaries that will always be true, that it’s really important to restrict access because of that. I just think that’s foolish. If the labs are ahead, it’s only by a matter of months. And you can see that in the open evaluations. The cutting-edge models are only something like six months ahead of the Chinese models — and those are the models we know about.”

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The public letter goes on to state that though Anthropic’s Mythos-class models are skilled at finding cybersecurity vulnerabilities and taking advantage of exploits, they aren’t “uniquely good” at these tasks and that Fable 5’s safeguards “were so aggressive as to be the source of humor in the cyber community on launch day.” Stamos told The Verge that “there’s a real overstatement of Mythos’ capabilities. Anthropic is somewhat responsible for this themselves, clearly … Mythos is great, but the real turning point was really last year.”

Stamos said the industry is awash with backup contracts being signed with non-US companies and open-weight models being deployed on alternative hardware arrangements because the past weekend made political risk part of companies’ business plans more than ever before.

“They are laughing at us in Beijing right now,” Stamos said. “One of America’s champions is being kneecapped by the US government while we’re in a race with the Chinese. It’s just incredibly stupid. That’s why I wrote the letter, and I think that’s why a lot of people signed onto it.”

Ben Van Roo, co-founder and CEO of Legion Intelligence, a system of agents for the national security community, told The Verge that “the directive of ‘no foreign national should use this model’ is the most impossible thing to enforce.” He added, “When I first read that, my whole… [network of] AI community nerds was exploding.”

To make matters even more urgent, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft have all come out with their own comparable products to Anthropic’s Mythos, making many of the same claims about their effectiveness and risks. If the Trump administration bans Anthropic’s advanced cybersecurity models, it can make a case for banning its competitors’ models, too. That could spur AI industry leaders to unite and help out Anthropic or, as with its fight over autonomous weapons with the Pentagon, position themselves as a safer and more compliant alternative.

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Even as the Trump administration is trying to free tech companies of regulatory hassles, the Anthropic order could amount to a dramatic restriction on powerful AI models — depending on how the next few days play out.

Legion Intelligence’s Van Roo called it “uncharted territory” in the regulatory setting, adding that he doesn’t think this is the last time something like this will happen.

We’ve also entered the era of AI populism, when a growing number of people are pushing back against the AI industry’s outsized influence and the concentration of power at the top via data center protests, pledges to quit using AI chatbots, lawsuits over wrongful deaths, and even attempted attacks on AI company CEOs. Van Roo says the Trump administration’s recent moves against Anthropic could stoke “greater fears and concerns, potentially for the wrong reasons.”

The source familiar with the negotiations described the weekend’s conversations as constructive, with some members of the administration admitting that putting export controls on model providers isn’t ideal, since competitors with similar products may find themselves under the same restrictions — and since the US government is currently exploring a program that would encourage the export of American AI systems.

Monday’s talks concluded with no resolution as of yet.

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As Anthropic continues to negotiate with the US government, there’s little chance that the company’s other myriad issues with the Pentagon won’t come up — namely, the ongoing battle between Anthropic and the Department of Defense over acceptable usage policies for Anthropic’s tech by the US military.

“This is new and we’ve never had anything potentially this drastic before, and it does have some real ramifications” in terms of how to enforce access to powerful models, Van Roo said. “Who gets to use this new technology that continues to outpace our own ability to regulate it?”

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