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    Mark Burnett, Roma Downey launching faith and family network 

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    In this May 31, 2015 file photo, Roma Downey, left, and Mark Burnett arrive at the Critics' Choice Television Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    Hollywood power couple Mark Burnett and Roma Downey are launching a faith-and-family entertainment broadcast network next month.

    Light TV will air on Fox stations and affiliates and capitalize on MGM's film and TV library.

    According to a release Wednesday, the round-the-clock network will feature "wholesome family and faith-based" properties, including the films "Rocky" and "Fame" and the TV series "Highway to Heaven."

    Reality TV producer Burnett is known for shows including "The Apprentice," ''The Voice" and "Survivor" and Bible-based miniseries. He is president of MGM Television and Digital.

    His wife, who starred in "Touched by an Angel," is president of LightWorkers, Media, a division of MGM.

    Light TV will launch in December in more than a dozen major TV markets including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Dallas.

    Recently, Burnett was drawn into presidential politics because of President-elect Donald Trump's former role as host of "The Apprentice." The release of "Access Hollywood" audio tape from 2005 with vulgar Trump comments about women led to calls for Burnett to make public any unaired material that might be of interest in the campaign.

    But MGM said in October that it owns the reality show, not Burnett, and could not unilaterally release any unaired, archived material due to existing contractual obligations.

    In the same joint statement, Burnett said he has never been a supporter of Trump's candidacy. He said he felt compelled to issue that statement because of what he called "false media reports" about his supposed support. He said that he and his wife "reject the hatred, division and misogyny" that have been "a very unfortunate part" of Trump's campaign.

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    Roblox steps up age checks and groups younger users into age-based chats

    Tuesday, November 18, 2025
    The gaming platform Roblox is displayed on a tablet, Oct. 30, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Leon Keith, File)

    Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to privately message other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to message people around their own age.

    The moves come as the popular gaming platform continues to face criticism and lawsuits over child safety and a growing number of states and countries are implementing age verification laws.

    The company had previously announced the age estimation tool, which is provided by a company called Persona, in July. It requires players to take a video selfie that will be used to estimate their age. Roblox says the videos are deleted after the age check is processed. Users are not required to submit a face scan to use the platform, only if they want to chat with other users.

    Roblox doesn't allow kids under 13 to chat with other users outside of games unless they have explicit parental permission — and unlike different platforms, it does not encrypt private chat conversations, so it can monitor and moderate them.

    While some experts have expressed caution about the reliability of facial age estimation tools, Matt Kaufman, chief safety officer at Roblox, said that between the ages of about five to 25, the system can accurately estimate a person's age within one or two years.

    "But of course, there's always people who may be well outside of a traditional bell curve. And in those cases, if you disagree with the estimate that comes back, then you can provide an ID or use parental consent in order to correct that," he said.

    After users go through the age checks, they will be assigned to age groups ranging from under nine, nine to 12, 13 to 15, 16 to 17, 18 to 20 and over 21. Users will then be able to chat with their age... Read More

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