Roblox enhances child safety with new age verification feature

Roblox launched a new feature to protect against predators. Here’s what happened when I let the app scan my face to guess my ...
PCMag

Roblox's New Age-Verification System Is Reportedly Off to a Chaotic Start

The program's known problems include parents verifying their kids as adults, verified accounts being sold on eBay, and kids ...
Hosted on MSN

Sinking ship simulator: How Roblox models disaster

GamingWithKev shares survival tips on the sinking ship in Roblox. Trump forces a rewrite of Canada’s trade strategy Rams eliminated from NFC West after Sunday wins by Seahawks, 49ers Mom pleads for ...
Radio Iowa

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird sues Roblox

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is suing an online gaming company called Roblox. “They market themselves as a safe place for kids and say they’re the number one place for kids’ gaming,” Bird said ...
Reuters

Russian ban on Roblox gaming platform sparks rare protest

MOSCOW, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Several dozen people protested on Sunday in the Siberian city of Tomsk against Russia's ban on U.S. children's gaming platform Roblox (RBLX.N), opens new tab, a rare show of ...
Tallahassee Democrat

Florida sues Roblox, accuses gaming platform of 'pedophile landscape'

Florida's Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against the online gaming platform Roblox for allegedly failing to protect children. The lawsuit claims predators use the site to groom and abuse ...
BBC

Russia bans Roblox over concerns about safety and extremist content

Russia has blocked access to popular gaming platform Roblox due to concerns over child safety and extremism, including the spread of LGBT-related content. The country's media regulator said Roblox had ...
Wired

He Hunted Alleged Groomers on Roblox. Then the Company Banned Him

Last month, Kentucky attorney general Russell Coleman announced the details of yet another lawsuit against Roblox over suspected pedophiles lurking on the hugely popular gaming platform. While doing ...
Columbus Dispatch

Roblox addresses predators with new age-verification and chat rules

Roblox is introducing new safety features to limit interactions between adults and minors on its platform. Users will need to verify their age with a government ID or facial scan to use chat features.
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 ...
The Conversation

Roblox set to start checking people’s ages. But it will need to do more to keep kids safe

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.