Two chat and gaming companies are being sued for allegedly facilitating child sexual exploitation and abuse. The suit claims Roblox and Discord allowed online predators to find victims. Stream NBC 5 ...

Journalist Jo Ling Kent joined CBS News in July 2023 as the senior business and technology correspondent for CBS News. Kent has more than 15 years of experience covering the intersection of technology ...

The mother of a 15-year-old boy who killed himself is suing Roblox and Discord for wrongful death, alleging the apps’ lack of guardrails allowed her son to be sexually coerced by an adult predator ...

Since its founding, the gaming platform Roblox had a considerable drawback: Friends who wanted to play the same game together couldn't do so easily. Typically, they'd have to use a third-party app, ...

The popular online gaming platform Roblox, which hosts millions of user-created games, is being sued by families and state attorneys general who claim online predators can groom, extort and exploit ...

A Snohomish County family is suing Roblox and Discord, saying the platforms allowed a child predator to target their teen ...

The mother of a 15-year-old California boy who took his own life is now suing Roblox and Discord over his death, alleging her son was groomed and coerced to send explicit images on the apps. Rebecca ...

Roblox must also account for bad actors who try to use fake photos or pictures of another person to evade accurate age ...