At the beginning of November Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, filed a lawsuit against the popular gaming platform, Roblox.

Following a spate of lawsuits and investigations over its child safety systems, Roblox is going to implement mandatory facial verification for all users who want to access communication features, ...

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.

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 ...

Under the embattled company’s new system, users who verify their age will only be allowed to chat with others in a similar age range—unless they are classified as a ‘Trusted Connection.’ As it faces a ...

Because of that timing issue, Roblox’s income statement is a sea of red. In the third quarter, the company lost $256 million on $1.4 billion of revenue, a per share loss of 37 cents. More important ...

"Delaying children’s access to social media accounts gives them valuable time to learn and grow, free of the powerful, unseen ...

The San Mateo, Calif., company has faced scrutiny over child safety concerns but has been rolling out new features to protect ...

Gaming platform Roblox Corporation, which faced criticism and lawsuits over child safety, on Tuesday announced an age-based verification system due to which users will only be able to chat with people ...

Roblox is introducing a new age-based chat system. Users will undergo age verification using facial scans or government IDs. This will place them into narrow age groups, restricting private chats ...

Roblox will launch facial age checks as a requirement for all users who want to access communication features beginning next month. The gaming platform has also implemented age-based chats to limit ...

In context: Roblox is a gaming platform with a massive audience of teens and younger players. Authorities worldwide have criticized the service as a potential grooming ground for predators, but the ...