New York State Sen. Andrew Gounardes (D) is a driving force behind kids online safety laws. He sponsored the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act and the New York Child Data Protection Act , both signed by Governor Kathy Hochul earlier this year . But when parents talked to him about the rules, he says, they kept asking a question he hadn’t considered: “Does it cover Roblox ?” Like the vast majority of online regulation, New York’s rules were aimed at traditional social media