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[ad_1] Pakistan has halted payments for in-app purchases including online video games bought by local customers using airtime from telecommunications companies. Pakistan has halted payments for in-app purchases including online video games bought by local customers using airtime from telecommunications companies, the latest sign of distress caused by the country's depleted foreign-exchange reserves. Telecom service providers were violating regulations by allowing payments to be made for customers under an arrangement with the government that permitted the phone companies to pay for IT-related services for their own use, State Bank of Pakistan said in a statement. The regulator has stopped the transactions and telecom operators to resubmit their requests. The South Asian country's...

[ad_1] Roblox and Discord face a case alleging sexual exploitation of an 11-year-old girl by a predator while playing online games. Roblox Corp. and Discord Inc. are the latest targets in a wave of lawsuits over social media addiction, in a case alleging an 11-year-old girl was exploited by a sexual predator while playing online video games.The girl became acquainted with adult men through Roblox and Discord's direct messaging services, which she thought had safeguards protecting her, according to a statement by her lawyers at the Seattle-based Social Media Victims Law Center who have brought numerous other addiction cases. Wednesday's complaint in state court in San Francisco also blames Snap Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. for the girl's mental-health difficulties and suicide attempts....

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Pakistan Halts Overseas Payments for Online Gaming, Other Apps