Kidas raises money from Overwolf to protect young gamers from cyberbullies
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Overwolf, the platform for building in-game apps and mods, has invested in Kidas, the creators of the ProtectMe anti-cyberbullying and predator protection software for PC games.
The funding includes a partnership that enables Overwolf to offer seamless integration of the Kidas technology to its over 27 million monthly active users.
With the rapid growth and advancement of technology and access to digital technology, children are more exposed to cyberbullying, scams, and privacy violations through text, online chats, and video games than ever before. ProtectMe by Kidas, goes beyond keyword recognition and uses algorithms that are able to understand context to get new, accurate, and situational insight to warn parents.
It can warn about dangerous encounters children come by while playing video games. For every ten families who use ProtectMe, at least four of them will receive threat detected alerts. Kidas works with anti-bullying and child psychologists to provide recommendations to parents when their child is exposed to bullying, online predators, sexual content, hate speech, and other toxic behaviours on online multiplayer PC games.
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“This partnership perfectly aligns to Overwolf’s stance on responsible gameplay and supports our core values of gaming safe and with integrity,” said Avner Florenthal, vice president of business development at Overwolf, in a statement.
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