Roblox, a popular social gaming platform containing millions of user-created games, has reported around 40% of its 84 million users are under 13 years old. Many families play together and love the app ...

Justin Patchin, criminal justice professor at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, on new age verification guidelines for the online gaming platform Roblox, and tips for parents to protect their ...

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 former volunteer firefighter with the Chili Fire Department was arrested on charges of sexual exploitation of children and producing child porn.Court documents say Vincent Steiner sent explicit ...

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.

Roblox, the popular online gaming platform that hosts millions of user-created games, said Tuesday it is strengthening protections for minors. Roblox said it will soon require players to use ...

New York (CNN) — 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 ...

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 ...