Dr Gabriella Kountourides (Κουντουριδου)
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Dr Gabriella Kountourides (Κουντουριδου)
@gkountourides.bsky.social
Award winning science communicator 📣Statistician in online safety. PhD in periods at the University of Oxford🩸Prev: Care International Thailand
@nhm_london. Has pet rabbits & ADHD✡️🇨🇾 🎗️
Thanks Chris!
September 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
So much fun!!!!!
February 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Thank you!!!!
December 18, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Would like to join the London meet up 💕 congrats Alex!!!
November 19, 2024 at 2:33 PM
This highlights the risks that children face when interacting online. This issue isn't unique to Roblox, however they have been in the news due to their large child user base.
November 18, 2024 at 5:31 PM
-Parents will be able to view their child’s average screen time over the past week and see their friends list.
-Users under 13 will no longer be able to chat directly with others outside of games
-Parents will be able to regulate the level of “mature” content available to their children
November 18, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Today, Roblox announced updates to their safety systems, including:
- Parents (who choose to) can now link their Roblox account to their child’s after verifying their ID or credit card, allowing them to manage their child’s experience and access via Parental Controls.
corp.roblox.com/newsroom/202...
Major Updates to Our Safety Systems and Parental Controls
We are introducing significant updates to the built-in protections for our youngest users and easy-to-use tools to give parents and caregivers more control an...
corp.roblox.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Roblox has refuted Hindenburg’s report, focusing mainly on disputing financial claims like inflated active user numbers.
On child safety, Roblox said much of the highlighted content in the report had already been removed. Full statement: s27.q4cdn.com/984876518/fi...
s27.q4cdn.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Games they highlighted on the platform have included ones like 'Beat Up The Pregnant', where players could violently attack pregnant women in a Wal-Mart car park.
s27.q4cdn.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:31 PM
They found over 900 variations of 'Jeffrey Epstein' fan accounts. Some had usernames including '“@RavpeTinyK1dsJE” [ra*e tiny kids].'
Listing their age as under 13, they were able to access a group with 3,334 members openly trading child pornography and soliciting sexual acts from minors.
November 18, 2024 at 5:31 PM