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The Philly startup and six other organizations signed a pledge to review their own safety policies, with plans to eventually publish a report identifying how they and the industry can improve.

There’s no question that online video games are awash in a seedy undercurrent of bigoted, malicious, and adverse individuals, which is where Kidas and its ProtectMe software step into the fold.

Plus, investments in car subscription startup Go and online safety-focused Kidas, grants for diversity in tech and city gov safety projects, and the Science Center wrapped its Phase 1 Ventures fund.

No surprise here, but University of Pennsylvania's business school has produced a whole bunch of venture-backed companies.

This startup makes an Xbox dongle that will keep watch against cyberbullying Share this story Image: Kidas/Lift Labs For about the past year, Ron Kerbs’ company has been working on a monitoring device that listens to online multiplayer chat and tries to offer a helpful heads-up to parents worried about their kids’ online behavior, or their safety. Kerbs understands he’s trying to thread a small needle: parents won’t find his solution, called Kidas, useful if it pings them every time som...