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Travis Kelce's anger spotted by Taylor Swift fans as he misses final Eras Tour showParents were rejoicing this week as Roblox, the popular online game marketed to children , announced that they were introducing some big changes to their controversial chat features. It was confirmed that the platform would be implementing significant updates to its safety systems and parental controls – including blocking those under 13 from messaging others online – as soon as 2025. While many have been reassured by the new rules, that have complimented the Australian government’s ban on social media for children under 16, many online safety experts are warning parents to not get too sucked into what they view as a false sense of hope. According to former detective and child safety expert, Kristi McVee , the changes to Roblox’s chat options appear to be positive on the surface, but parents need to dig a little deeper to make sure their children are completely safe while using the app. “Whilst Roblox has made what appears positive changes to protect children under the age of 13, the changes are a fake ‘security’ measure for parents and less than what Roblox can do to protect children,” Kristi told Kidspot. “My biggest beef which the surface level protective measures Roblox released, is that it puts the onus back on the parents to ensure children are safe on their game. These changes were made purely as a ‘reputation saving exercise’ after being labeled a ‘pedophile’s hellscape’ in the Hindenburg Report in October.” According to Kristi, putting the responsibility back on the parents is a major red flag relating to the new rules. “Roblox chose to make it a parent’s responsibility to keep kids safe instead of blocking and removing the millions of predatory adults who prey upon kids in the game and the millions of inappropriate games and content that our children have access to,” she insists. “They know that the game users and content are problematic, yet they have taken the easy option to make parents responsible for a game specifically targeted and aimed at children. “For children under the age of 13 years, a parent account NEEDS to be set up and linked to their children’s account to be able to set up the new safety measures, however, from 13 years plus, they no longer have any control over their accounts.” Similar to many people’s concerns about the social media ban on under 16 seeing children lie about their ages, Kristi admits she is also concerned that this ‘trend’ will filter into online games such as Roblox. “As a detective and cyber safety educator, I saw numerous children set up accounts using fake dates of birth to varying social media platforms to enable access. What’s to stop any child from creating accounts doing this? There is no age verification, so anyone can create a 13-plus account and start playing/talking to strangers,” she points out. “Kids are very resourceful and will find a way if they want to. As parents, we need tech companies and especially platforms designed for our kids to take some accountability and do more. “They have ways to identify and remove these predatory accounts, yet they choose to turn a blind eye and tell parents it’s their fault if their child is abused on our platform,” she adds. Now is not the time to panic, however. If your child does play Roblox , there are ways to keep them safe. “If you choose to let your children on Roblox, ensure they have the right date of birth and use whatever settings are available to you,” Kristi suggests. “Regularly supervise and play alongside them, be in the room with them, and check their usage weekly. “Get to know the platform and how it works, identify what games your child is playing, and be mindful of 3rd party messaging apps like Discord. Kids might not talk to each other in the game, but they can still communicate via other messaging apps,” she adds. Earlier this week, Chief Safety Officer Matt Kaufman made the announcement that Roblox would be making some significant changes to its platform to make it safer for some of its youngest users. Though he said that connecting with others is core to the Roblox experience , Kaufman also acknowledged that safety is of the utmost importance. As a result of this, users under the age of 13 will no longer be able to message others on Roblox outside of games or experiences. There will also be a built-in setting introduced limiting users under 13 to public broadcast messages only within a game or experience. By default, users under 13 will not be able to directly message others – however, parents can change this setting in Parental Controls.

All Roads Lead to 2024's Los Angeles Auto Show Offering Unmatched Guest Experiences, Vehicle Debuts and Special Exhibits for Attendees of all AgesFRONT ROYAL, Va. — Gladys Marie (Paugh) Silber of Front Royal, Va., died peacefully in her sleep in her home on Dec. 5, 2024. Born on July 6, 1919 on a farm near Oakland to the late Robert Scott Paugh and Mabel Browning Paugh, she was predeceased by her husband of 53 years, Frank Charles Silber. After graduating from Oakland High School in Oakland in 1935, Gladys graduated from Catherman’s Business College in Cumberland in 1937. In 1941, she moved to Washington, D.C. to work for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. After she and Frank married in 1942, she transferred to the War Department and later to Edgewood Arsenal with the Chemical Warfare Service and the Chemical Corps. In 1953, they built their home in Falls Church, Va. In 1962, she retired to give birth to their daughter, Lisa. From the mid-195’s until 1983, Gladys and Frank owned and operated Falls Church Plumbing and Heating Inc. In 1981, Gladys returned to federal employment with the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency and retired with 24 years of federal service. In 2001, six years after Frank died, she moved to Front Royal to begin a new life. Fiercely independent, she lived in her new home for 23 years. She was in excellent health and was not hospitalized between 1962 and 2024. She drove her car until 2020. She loved meeting new people, eating at her favorite restaurants, sending Christmas cards, and watching the birds at her bird feeder. A devout Christian and Republican, she followed politics as avidly as some people follow baseball. Gladys is survived by her daughter, Lisa Silber Mauck (Dwayne) of Front Royal, grandson Derrick Mauck (Cassandra) and great-granddaughters, Mackenzie Mauck and Mackayla Mauck of Warrenton, Va. Predeceased by several nieces and nephews, Gladys is survived by nephews James Owendoff, Michael Paugh, Bill Athey, and nieces Donna Paugh, Cathy Shaffer, Denise Blankinship, Kay Himes, Frances Vandivier, Norma Schlosnagle, and Mary Silber, and their extended families. She is also survived by cousins Jane Bennighof of Lutherville, and Janet Paugh of Oakland. Gladys was predeceased by her brothers, Rob Roy Paugh, Jeremiah Lester Paugh and her sisters, Vauda Owendoff Schwanke and Oma Paugh Moses. A Celebration of Life will be held at The Church at Skyline, 7655 Stonewall Jackson Highway, Front Royal, on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 3 p.m. Family visitation will be from 1:30-2:30 p.m. prior to the service. Interment will be at Garrett County Memorial Gardens, 881 Memorial Drive, Oakland, on Sunday, Dec. 15, at 1 p.m. She will be buried alongside the love of her life, Frank Silber, in the town where they met in 1939. Pallbearers will be Derrick Mauck, James Owendoff, Nathan Owendoff, John Owendoff, Michael Paugh, and Manuel Tederick. In lieu of flowers, Gladys requested family and friends consider donating to The Church at Skyline Building Expansion Fund at https://www.thechurchatskyline.com/giving .

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A scruffy little fugitive is on the lam again in New Orleans, gaining fame as he outwits a tenacious band of citizens armed with night-vision binoculars, nets and a tranquilizer rifle. Scrim, a 17-pound mutt that's mostly terrier, has become a folk hero, inspiring tattoos, t-shirts and even a ballad as he eludes capture from the posse of volunteers. And like any antihero, Scrim has a backstory: Rescued from semi-feral life at a trailer park and adopted from a shelter, the dog broke loose in April and scurried around the city until he was cornered in October and brought to a new home. Weeks later, he'd had enough. Scrim leaped out of a second-story window, a desperate act recorded in a now-viral video. Since then, despite a stream of daily sightings, he's roamed free. The dog’s fans include Myra and Steve Foster, who wrote “Ode to Scrim” to the tune of Ricky Nelson’s 1961 hit, “I’m a Travelin’ Man.” Leading the recapture effort is Michelle Cheramie, a 55-year-old former information technology professional. She lost everything — home, car, possessions — in Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and in the aftermath, found her calling rescuing pets. “I was like, ‘This is what I should be doing,’” Cheramie said. “I was born to rescue.” She launched Zeus’ Rescues, a nonprofit shelter that now averages 600 cat and dog adoptions a year and offers free pet food to anyone who needs it. She helped Scrim find the home he first escaped from. It was Cheramie's window Scrim leaped from in November. She's resumed her relentless mission since then, posting flyers on telephone poles and logging social media updates on his reported whereabouts. She's invested thousands of dollars on wildlife cameras, thermal sensors and other gear. She took a course offered by the San Diego Zoo on the finer points of tranquilizing animals. And she's developed a network of volunteers — the kind of neighbors who are willing to grid-search a city at 3 a.m. People like writer David W. Brown, who manages a crowd-sourced Google Map of all known Scrim sightings. He says the search has galvanized residents from all walks of life to come together. As they search for Scrim, they hand out supplies to people in need. "Being a member of the community is seeing problems and doing what you can to make life a little better for the people around here and the animals around you," Brown said. And neighbors like Tammy Murray, who had to close her furniture store and lost her father to Parkinson's Disease. This search, she says, got her mojo back. “Literally, for months, I’ve done nothing but hunt this dog,” said Murray, 53. “I feel like Wile E. Coyote on a daily basis with him.” Murray drives the Zeus' Rescues' van towards reported Scrim sightings. She also handles a tactical net launcher, which looks like an oversized flashlight and once misfired, shattering the van's window as Scrim sped away. After realizing Scrim had come to recognize the sound of the van's diesel engine, Murray switched to a Vespa scooter, for stealth. Near-misses have been tantalizing. The search party spotted Scrim napping beneath an elevated house, and wrapped construction netting around the perimeter, but an over-eager volunteer broke ranks and dashed forward, leaving an opening Scrim slipped through. Scrim's repeated escapades have prompted near-daily local media coverage and a devoted online following. Cheramie can relate. “We’re all running from something or to something. He's doing that too,” she said. Cheramie's team dreams of placing the pooch in a safe and loving environment. But a social media chorus growing under the hashtag #FreeScrim has other ideas — they say the runaway should be allowed a life of self-determination. The animal rescue volunteers consider that misguided. “The streets of New Orleans are not the place for a dog to be free,” Cheramie said. “It’s too dangerous.” Scrim was a mess when Cheramie briefly recaptured him in October, with matted fur, missing teeth and a tattered ear. His trembling body was scraped and bruised, and punctured by multiple projectiles. A vet removed one, but decided against operating to take out a possible bullet. The dog initially appeared content indoors, sitting in Cheramie's lap or napping beside her bed. Then while she was out one day, Scrim chewed through a mesh screen, dropped 13 feet to the ground and squeezed through a gap in the fence, trotting away. Murray said Cheramie's four cats probably spooked him. “I wholeheartedly believe the gangster-ass cats were messing with him,” Murray said. Cheramie thinks they may have gotten territorial. Devastated but undeterred, the pair is reassessing where Scrim might fit best — maybe a secure animal sanctuary with big outdoor spaces where other dogs can keep him company. Somewhere, Murray says, “where he can just breathe and be." Brook is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Brook on the social platform X: @jack_brook96CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 21, 2024-- ACH remains a popular payment method for B2B finance operations. At the same time, ACH is one of the most commonly and easily defrauded forms of payment. Victim organizations risk significant losses, compromised reputation and possible legal consequences. Bectran, Inc. , the credit, collections and accounts receivable platform leading the way in fraud prevention, has partnered with GIACT, part of the London Stock Exchange Group and the leader in helping companies positively identify and authenticate customers, to offer robust, persistent protection against ACH fraud for credit departments. “Partnering with GIACT marks a significant step in Bectran’s commitment to streamlining credit risk management,” comments Bectran’s CEO, Louis Ifeguni. “Identifying potential ACH fraud automatically and reliably gives departments a profound additional security in their decisioning.” Know Your Business Many credit departments collect ACH forms on their credit applications. Requests backed by valid bank accounts should represent a lower risk, making decisioning quick and more confident. Without verification, though, unstable or stolen bank account information can easily pass as trustworthy — garnering quick approvals. While such ACH fraud has historically been associated mostly with consumer transactions, more and more scammers have begun targeting B2B credit, lured by the high-dollar transactions and relative ease of ACH forgery. Even departments that do verify ACH may still be vulnerable. Some services use outdated databases to check account funding and standing. Few services include the ability to match applicants to account owners, meaning applications could be approved based on stolen credentials. Protect It Automatically With GIACT , Bectran provides users leading coverage for account verification and ACH fraud prevention. GIACT’s real-time account checks keep credit reviews and customer experience running smoothly. At the same time, as part of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), GIACT has access to the largest bank account database in the US, giving credit departments more confidence and security in their decisions. Bectran utilizes GIACT to give creditors two layers of account validation. The first verifies each account’s status, indicating whether the account is open and whether it has any risk indicators such as recent returns or insufficient funds notices. The second attempts to authenticate the account, comparing the applicant information with the account owner’s information when available, which can help catch applicants using stolen bank account information. Bectran combine these checks and presents them seamlessly in the credit workflow, aiding departments in protecting their businesses. Bectran automatically flags transactions indicated by GIACT as high-risk and provides a report of GIACT’s findings on each application. Backed by Bectran and GIACT, credit departments can more quickly and confidently identify safe accounts while assessing risky transactions with more reliable and complete information. “GIACT brings the trustworthiness of the London Stock Exchange Group to credit departments using ACH,” says Ali Kidwai, Product & Implementation Sr. Manager, Bectran. “You can move through credit reviews faster and more securely, trusting that bank accounts are verified thoroughly.” Learn more about Bectran’s partnership with GIACT, and about Bectran’s full fraud prevention suite, at Bectran.com . About GIACT GIACT is part of the London Stock Exchange Group, one of the world’s leading providers of financial markets infrastructure. GIACT’s account and identity verification solutions enable businesses to verify accounts quickly and seamlessly so that they and their customers can transact with confidence. With GIACT’s integrated bank database and open banking solution, businesses can verify accounts, safeguard payments and reduce unauthorized returns — all in real time. About Bectran Bectran is the premier SaaS platform for Finance Departments, akin to CRM for Sales. Trusted by diverse organizations, from SMEs to Fortune 500 companies, we streamline credit processing by over 98%, reducing credit defaults and collection costs. Many businesses rely on Bectran for efficient Accounts Receivable and Collections management, achieving up to 95% cost savings. With rapid onboarding in days, our platform is hailed by credit professionals as the future of credit management. Visit Bectran.com to learn more about financial solutions for your industry. 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