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São Paulo's micro-houses keeping homeless families off the streets
... But even these least desirable Spaces - large areas of makeshift housing built by squatters - have become unaffordable for many...
Safety pin: A tiny tool Indian women use to fight sexual harassment
...By Geeta PandeyBBC News, DelhiAlmost every woman in India has a story of sexual harassment that took place in crowded public Spaces - when someone fondled her breasts or pinched her bottom, elbowed her in the chest or rubbed himself against her...
Turkey earthquake: How do search and rescue teams save people?
... They do this by looking for " voids" - Spaces under large concrete beams or stairwells where survivors can be found...
MSPs to vote on changes to gender reforms
... " The Bill is controversial, with some concerned that it could make it easier for predatory men to access single sex Spaces like refuges and prisons...
Number of holiday-let homes in England up 40% in three years
... " In the village, banners outside the local school show it has Spaces - she says it used to be oversubscribed but now struggles with numbers " which kind of gives you an indication as well into how the community s being affected, not just me"...
The bitter fight over abortion clinic protests
... Pro-choice campaigners had hoped buffer zones - which are legally-protected Spaces - would soon become the norm...
The divide over Scotland's gender laws
... 4) Single-sex Spaces present a challengeAn intense debate has questioned whether gender self-identification could affect women-only Spaces such as toilets, changing rooms and domestic violence refuges...
Roblox: The children's game with a sex problem
... They re Spaces, generated by users, where people can talk about sex - and where their avatars can have virtual sex...
Roblox: The children's game with a sex problem
WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS TEXT AND IMAGES OF A SEXUAL NATURE.
A naked man, wearing just a dog collar and a lead, is led across The Floor by A Woman in a bondage outfit.
Two strippers dance next to a bar.
A group has gathered around a couple openly having Sex , watching and occasionally commenting.
One Man is wearing a Nazi uniform.
This isn't happening in The Real world, it's taking place on a children's gaming platform.
Roblox is a huge sprawling world of games which is sometimes described as a kind of primitive metaverse.
It's one of The Most popular children's games in The World .
The exact figures are a little hazy, but in 2020 Roblox that two-thirds of all US children between the ages of nine and 12, use The Game .
Roblox allows users to create and play games together. It's a way to connect, in Real Time , with Other People in a digital world.
Players can build games, using the developer tools which The Platform provides. Unlike more traditional games, the content is generated by its users. It's a wildly successful business model, but it also comes with problems.
Roblox Sex games are commonly referred to on The Platform as " condos". They're Spaces , generated by users, where people can talk about Sex - and where their avatars can have virtual Sex . In these games, Roblox's rules are thrown out of The Window .
Roblox accepts it has a problem: " We know there is an extremely small subset of users who deliberately try to break The Rules , " a spokesperson told The Bbc .
Condo games are usually only live for a Short Time - often less than an hour - before they are discovered and Taken Down . Roblox says it is constantly trying to take these games Offline - using both manual and automated systems.
" We conduct a safety review of every single image, video, and audio file uploaded to Roblox, using a combination of human and machine detection, " it said.
But some Explicit Content does slip through The Net . It's a " cat and mouse" issue, said Larry Magid, president of ConnectSafely- a non-profit organisation that raises awareness about child safety online.
" There are people who are going out of their way to game the systems, " He Said .
These condos are not games you would stumble on. You would need to actively search for them. But their very existence troubles people like Mr Magid: " Roblox is a platform that is very popular among children, and allows children under 13, so it has a special responsibility to protect its users. "
Particularly worrying is children and adults potentially socialising together in these Spaces . Part of The Game includes an instant messenger where users can talk to each other - and to Everyone Else playing The Game .
Much of what is written on chats in condos is unprintable on a grown-up news website, let alone a children's game.
Roblox told The Bbc they had developed 'Parental Control ' tools, " that can be used to restrict who children interact with and which experiences they can access".
But that assumes that parents are tech-savvy enough to know about these safeguards.
Roblox wanted to emphasise to The Bbc that condos are often difficult to find on The Platform . But The Bbc found inappropriate sexual language in legitimate games too.
According to Dr Liraz Margalit, a digital psychologist who studies behaviour online, people behave differently in the metaverse - just as they do online. She Said : " You have the anonymity and you have the disinhibition effect. This platform provides you with The Playground to do anything you want. "
Last week, Facebook's parent company, Meta, introduced a new " Personal Boundary" feature to its Virtual Reality " Horizon Venues" game.
The Game allows people to meet each other in different Spaces - where their avatars can watch sport, attend concerts or do gym classes together.
The Changes came after A Woman claimed to have suffered a virtual sexual assault on The Platform .
Roblox told The Bbc : " We have Zero Tolerance for sexual content or behaviour of any kind, and we take swift action against anyone found to be acting in breach of our Community Standards. "
And a few days after The Bbc put its findings to The Company , Roblox published summarising what it is doing to protect Young People .
Companies like Microsoft, Meta and Roblox are currently racing to build metaverses. But there are already signs that they're struggling to police these virtual worlds.
Source of news: bbc.com