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 ...

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 ...

Roblox is offering parents more authority than ever before, despite global calls for a more controlled internet environment ...

When you’re a parent, there’s nothing more important than protecting your child from things they shouldn’t do or shouldn’t see. It’s never easy, but no one ever said that parenting would be easy. In ...

Parents will be able to monitor kids' activity remotely, on their own device. Roblox on Monday announced new parental controls, including new ways for parents and caregivers to remotely monitor their ...

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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 adult Roblox user posing as a child. He allegedly groomed the 15-year-old boy ...

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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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Kids of all ages love Roblox, a gaming platform that has some 40 million games within it, plus the ...