Don’t trust Roblox to shield kids from predators — our lawsuit exposes its dangers

The popular kids’ gaming platform has a history of making safety tweaks that sound good in a press release but fall short in ...

Russia blocks access to US children's gaming platform Roblox

Roblox, which averaged 151.5 million daily active users in the third quarter of this year, has been banned by several countries including Iraq and Turkey over concerns about predators exploiting the ...
Best Media

Pepsodent launches ‘Cavity Fighters’ on Roblox to gamify oral hygiene for kids

New Delhi: Pepsodent has launched its first immersive digital experience, Pepsodent Cavity Fighters, on Roblox, as the brand looks to gamify oral care education for children and families. The ...
The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...
Indiatimes

Roblox implements new age verification for chat features: What the new facial age checks mean for kids, parents and moderators

Roblox is introducing a new age-based chat system. Users will undergo age verification using facial scans or government IDs. This will place them into narrow age groups, restricting private chats ...
Couriermail

Roblox rolls out safety updates for millions of Aussie kids

Players of all ages will now be required to use facial recognition technology to access communication and chat features. The ambitious plan has kicked off Wednesday morning, allowing users to ...
The Conversation

Roblox set to start checking people’s ages. But it will need to do more to keep kids safe

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.
Gulf News

Roblox to require age verification for every user’s chat access in January

From January worldwide, Roblox demands age check to limit chats between kids and adults Roblox, the hugely popular online platform known for user-generated games and social interaction, is imposing a ...
CNN

Lawsuits claim Roblox endangers kids. New AI age verification aims to block them from chatting with adults

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph ...
TweakTown

Texas sues Roblox claims kids were sacrificed on the altar of corporate greed

TL;DR: Roblox faces multiple lawsuits from Texas, Louisiana, and Kentucky, accusing the platform of enabling child predators and prioritizing profits over child safety. These legal actions follow ...
PC Gamer

'Roblox must do more to protect kids from sick and twisted freaks,' Texas attorney general says as he sues Roblox 'for putting pixel pedophiles and profits' ahead of safety

The "let's sue Roblox" bandwagon has grown a little bit bigger as Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has announced that he's filed suit against the company "for flagrantly ignoring state and federal ...