Roblox said inappropriate content is rare and security has been increased. Over 54 million users play Roblox, a popular multiplayer online game, every day and nearly half of them are under the age of ...

A 12-year-old New York girl is among the alleged sexual exploitation victims in a series of lawsuits against Roblox that claim the popular video game platform is failing to protect its users from ...

This week, I'm contemplating camping out at my nearest Best Buy to score a Nintendo Switch 2. Meanwhile, my kids have zero desire to encourage me in this pursuit, because the only gaming platform they ...

FILE - The gaming platform Roblox is displayed on a tablet, Oct. 30, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Leon Keith, File) (Leon Keith) Roblox, the online gaming platform wildly popular with children and ...

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Parental controls were already in place for a young US gamer, who was allegedly coerced into sending explicit images by an ...

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Taylor Hardwick is employed under funding by the Australian Research Council (Future Fellowship #220100076; DECRA #240101275). She is a board member of both Freeplay, a Melbourne-based independent ...

If you're a parent trying to protect your kids from the dangers of the internet, an online community that has attracted millions of kids probably sounds like your greatest nightmare. And yet, Roblox ...