Kids are being identified as adults—and vice versa—on Roblox, while age-verified accounts are already being sold online.

People take part in a protest against Russia's ban on U.S. children's gaming platform Roblox in the Siberian city of Tomsk, Russia, December 14, 2025. REUTERS/Anton Isakov NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. By ...

Roblox’s safety update is locking some users out of chat, deleting old messages and pushing frustrated players off-platform.

“Any assertion that Roblox would intentionally put our users at risk of exploitation is simply untrue,” the company said in a statement. “No system is perfect and bad actors adapt to evade detection, ...

I traveled to Roblox's headquarters to do a demo of a new safety feature it says will help protect child users.

The gaming giant described the rollout as a "significant milestone" toward achieving the "gold standard for communication ...

MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) - A Russian ban on U.S. gaming platform Roblox has fuelled debate among some children and parents about censorship and the utility of bans in a world where children can bypass ...

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