Town near US shooting scene plans video game buyback
While other US cities are buying back guns, a New England town not far from the December 14 mass shooting of 20 first-grade pupils is urging the public to turn in violent video games.
While other US cities are buying back guns, a New England town not far from the December 14 mass shooting of 20 first-grade pupils is urging the public to turn in violent video games.
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Jan 4, 2013
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German police officers in the northern city of Hanover are using Facebook to catch criminals in an experiment that might be expanded to other forces in the country.
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Aug 11, 2011
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A new strategy to tackle bullying of children both inside and outside the school gates was recently released by the South Australian Department of Education.
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Sep 18, 2019
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Activision Blizzard said Wednesday that sales of its "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2" video game rocketed to the billion-dollar mark just 15 days after its release.
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Dec 5, 2012
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As more gruesome crimes and attacks show up on live online video, social media platforms are facing new challenges on preventing the spread of gruesome and horrific content.
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Jun 16, 2016
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Reports of far-right extremists trying to recruit young people through video games have raised concerns for parents, guardians and youth alike.
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Nov 10, 2022
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For years, YouTube, the world's most popular video network, has been battling issues with "bad actors" wreaking havoc with the system.
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Mar 4, 2019
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Members of the media and others often have attributed violence in video games as a potential cause of social ills, such as increased levels of teen violence and school shootings. Now, a University of Missouri researcher has ...
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Apr 2, 2014
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It took 24 hours before the video of a man murdering his baby daughter was removed from Facebook. On April 24, 2017, the father from Thailand had streamed the killing of his 11-month-old baby girl using the social network's ...
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May 19, 2017
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Last Saturday night, a young woman out on the town in Brisbane saw a dog-shaped robot trotting towards her and did what many of us might have felt an urge to do: she gave it a solid kick in the head.
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Jan 11, 2023
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