She just wanted to play Roblox with friends. Then the messages from a predator began.

Roblox is one of the world’s most popular kids’ games, but lawsuits around the country allege predators are hiding in plain sight.
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Roblox, Discord hit with sex exploitation lawsuits in LA and Riverside counties

Two new lawsuits filed in Los Angeles and Riverside counties accuse the popular online platforms of creating an unsafe ...

Children as Young as 10 Sexually Assaulted After Meeting Predators on Roblox and Discord, Lawsuits Allege

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

We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

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 ...
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 ...
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Roblox CEO thinks adding gambling is "a brilliant idea" and calls its predator problem "an opportunity"

As a journalist, you know if an interview is going well or not. I've had stinkers - usually the ones where you're asking awkward questions that the interviewee would prefer not to answer, prompting ...

Lucas County family sues Roblox and Discord over alleged child exploitation

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A Lucas County family has filed a lawsuit against online gaming platform Roblox and messaging app ...

The Stray Kids Are Coming To Roblox

The South Korean band Stray Kids is coming to Roblox today, and they'll be unleashing the SKZOO from now and through the ...
Wired

He Hunted Alleged Groomers on Roblox. Then the Company Banned Him

Last month, Kentucky attorney general Russell Coleman announced the details of yet another lawsuit against Roblox over suspected pedophiles lurking on the hugely popular gaming platform. While doing ...
Variety

Roblox to Require All Users to Verify Age With Facial Estimation Tech to Access Chat Features Beginning in December

Roblox will launch facial age checks as a requirement for all users who want to access communication features beginning next month. The gaming platform has also implemented age-based chats to limit ...
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Attention Gamers! Roblox to implement age verification on platform's chat feature — Steps to follow, other details

Gaming platform Roblox Corporation, which faced criticism and lawsuits over child safety, on Tuesday announced an age-based verification system due to which users will only be able to chat with people ...
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.