Gaming and social media platforms are taking steps to identify teen users and ensure they don't see inappropriate material.

The gaming platform poses both content concerns and safety risks that put minors in “the Devil’s crosshairs.” The company says tighter restrictions are coming.

Roblox has officially introduced facial age checks, but if your age is wrong on your account, it can make things tricky.

Prevention may be the most effective response. Teaching young people how manipulation works could make them less susceptible.

With Roblox doing absolutely silly numbers this year with games like Grow a Garden and, worryingly, Steal a Brainrot pulling tens of millions more concurrent players than almost any game in history, ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has sued gaming platform Roblox for allegedly facilitating sex abuse of minors. "Roblox aggressively markets to young children, but fails to protect them from ...

The online gaming platform Roblox has been banned in Russia, according to a report from Russian state media. Roblox is a user-generated content platform where players can create and share their own ...

A Reuters report says Russia has blocked access to Roblox in the country over concerns that it is "rife with inappropriate content that can negatively impact the spiritual and moral development of ...

The wildly popular online gaming platform Roblox has started rolling out facial age verification to enhance its security measures. The move follows a string of lawsuits alleging the platform has ...

In context: Roblox is a gaming platform with a massive audience of teens and younger players. Authorities worldwide have criticized the service as a potential grooming ground for predators, but the ...

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 ...