The attempted kidnapping of a 5-year-old Nassau County boy after he was groomed by a predator on Roblox exposed “pervasive ...
Eliza Jacobs, the senior director of product policy at Roblox, spoke with WRAL anchor Ashley Rowe about the platform's safety features and what major change the gaming app is planning to launch.
The private online space was made accessible to five-year-old gamers in a ‘mislabelling’ error — but it was not the only one.
Russia has blocked Apple's video-calling app FaceTime, the state communications watchdog said Thursday, just a day after ...
A world-first ban on major social media platforms for children under the age of 16 goes into effect in Australia on Wednesday ...
To cheers in some quarters and wails in others, various countries are making parts of the web off limits to minors. Australia ...
Australia's new social media rules for teens are pushing young users to other apps. Platforms like Lemon8, Yope, and ...
Roblox is in a tight spot. After years of reports involving child predators on Roblox, the company faces pressure from the public and government to clean up its platform. The company's solution, ...
SYDNEY - Gaming giant Roblox Corp says it will roll out compulsory facial recognition or ID checks from December for players wanting to access its chat features. It aims to stop under-nines from ...
On Wednesday, Australia implemented a historic piece of legislation banning social media for all citizens under the age of 16 ...
Age checks begin in December in Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. Global enforcement will follow in early January 2026. Chat and age-appropriate features unlock only after users complete ...
Online gaming giant Roblox has just announced it will start checking users’ ages from early December in an attempt to stop children and teenagers talking with adults. In what the company has described ...