The San Mateo, Calif., company has faced scrutiny over child safety concerns but has been rolling out new features to protect ...

After the latest restriction on the internet, officials describe receiving “many” letters from children wanting access to the ...

A Nassau County mother found an innocent-looking calculator app. She was horrified to find out what it was really hiding and ...

Internal accounts show Roblox chose investor metrics over child safety; cases part of action representing over 3,000 victims.

A Los Angeles County mother said her daughter met a sexual predator on the popular children’s gaming platform Roblox, claiming the company is not doing enough to protect vulnerable players who are too ...

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...

Gaming giant Roblox has unveiled sweeping new safety measures for its 380 million users amid growing scrutiny over dangers for children on the hugely popular online platform. Roblox announced the ...

Amid growing concerns about child safety, Roblox is rolling out age verification checks to prevent children from speaking with adults online. Roblox is one of the biggest gaming platforms in the world ...

Lisa M. Given receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Association for Information Science and Technology.

Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to message other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to message people around ...

But behind Roblox’s social facade lies a sinister, all-consuming world of predators, harmful content and addictive game mechanics. Yet, controversially, Australia’s under-16 social media ban will not ...

Lawyer Oliver Morrissey, from Empower Law Group, said that children are being increasingly targeted by financial scams designed to exploit their inexperience on the ...