This week, Tennessee joined a growing group of states suing Roblox, alleging deceptive and unfair business practices related to child safety. The complaint, filed by Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti ...

If you have kids, one of the most dangerous objects in your home is the screen you may be using to read this column. We can lock our doors and set the alarm system, but digital dangers are ...

Roblox is a massive hit, growing from humble beginnings in 2006 to become one of the most active games in the modern landscape. The title has upwards of 85 million players a day, with plenty of ...

A York Township girl named Maren Brant was diagnosed with Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), a rare cancer-like disease, after a tumor was found in her jaw. Through Penn State's THON event, Maren ...

New York Times podcast hosts Casey Newton and Kevin Roose have published a "tense" interview with Roblox CEO David Baszucki when he was questioned over the company's child safety measures. In an ...

Parents of children who play on the popular gaming platform Roblox have reason for serious concern, Today in Ohio podcast hosts say, after two Northeast Ohio families have filed lawsuits alleging that ...

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 ...

A popular gaming platform has blocked children from talking to adult strangers. Roblox announced this week that full chat access will require facial age checks. The new policy starts in December for ...

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.

A new series of age checks and chat groupings are coming to Roblox that are meant to keep children from falling prey to predators. Despite its massive popularity among young gamers, Roblox has come ...

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 ...

Roblox, one of the most popular kids’ apps in the world, is now requiring children as young as nine years old to submit a video selfie for age verification. While the developer is doing this for good ...