Mena FN

Levin Papantonio: Federal Court Centralizes Roblox Child Sexual Exploitation Lawsuits Into Multidistrict Litigation

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has ordered the centralization of federal lawsuits alleging child sexual exploitation and ...
Seeking Alpha

Florida joins the growing list of U.S. states suing Roblox for lack of child safety

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed a lawsuit against Roblox (RBLX) to hold the company accountable for misrepresenting the virtual gaming platform’s safety. In a public statement from ...
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 ...
PC Gamer

Roblox to make facial age checks mandatory to access any chat features, and will put 'common-sense limits' on the age ranges users can chat within

The feature will be rolled out globally by January 2026. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as a preferred source on Google ...
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 ...
TechCrunch

Roblox will require all users to perform age checks to access chat starting in January

Following a spate of lawsuits and investigations over its child safety systems, Roblox is going to implement mandatory facial verification for all users who want to access communication features, ...
Mashable

Want to chat on Roblox? You'll need to verify your age.

Roblox chat will only be available to users whose age is estimated. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Dima Berlin / iStock / Getty / Roblox The gaming platform Roblox will begin using age ...
WXIX-TV

Mother sues Roblox after she says daughter’s suicide linked to extremist group

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A mother is suing Roblox, a popular online platform, with the hope of preventing other parents from experiencing tragedy - a child’s suicide. Dec. 2, 2024, the day that shook ...
appuals.com

Fix: “Failed to Download or Apply Critical Settings” Roblox

Hamza is a certified Technical Support Engineer. The “Failed to download or apply critical settings” error in Roblox appears when the game cannot retrieve ...
ABC News

Judge rules against online platform Roblox, keeping alleged abuse case in the public eye

A lawsuit alleges the platform helped facilitate child sexual exploitation. A father's lawsuit against the online gaming platform Roblox will remain in the public eye after a California judge denied ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Miami-Dade family sues Roblox, Discord, alleging platforms failed to protect 11-year-old daughter from predator

Several families in Florida and across the country are taking legal action against the popular online gaming platform Roblox, alleging it has become a hunting ground for child sex predators and that ...
11Alive

DeKalb family sues Roblox, alleging child exploitation and safety failures on gaming platform

ATLANTA — A Georgia family is suing Roblox Corporation, alleging the gaming platform failed to protect their then-12-year-old son from being groomed and coerced by online predators. Now 14, the boy is ...