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Florida AG sues Roblox over child safety as criminal investigation continues

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has announced that his office has officially filed a lawsuit against Roblox, accusing ...
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Florida AG says Roblox ignored predator risks in explosive Chris Hansen interview

Florida’s Attorney General claims Roblox ignored predator risks as the platform now faces a criminal investigation over child ...

Russian ban on Roblox gaming platform sparks rare protest

Several dozen people protested on Sunday in the Siberian city of Tomsk against Russia's ban on U.S. children's gaming ...
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Roblox Jenna Story: What It Says About Online Fear

GamingWithKev analyzes the Roblox Jenna story and what it says about online fear and gaming culture. Pennsylvania becomes the 28th state to pass the Crown Act Ukraine's president is under growing ...
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What Roblox Death Simulator Says About Game Choices

GamingWithKev reflects on what Roblox Death Simulator says about making game choices. Federal Judge Separates Male Inmates from Female Prison Population in Landmark Ruling Republican rips into Trump ...
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.

As states sue Roblox, kids online safety advocate calls on more lawmakers to act

Roblox, the blockbuster gaming and social platform with more than 110 million daily users, is facing mounting legal challenges across the United States that accuse it of not ...
The New York Times

We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...
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Florida files official lawsuit against Roblox, accuses company of failing to protect minors

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier accuses Roblox of knowingly facilitating a virtual environment that makes it easy for ...
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SoCal families sue Roblox, claiming their children were exposed to predators on gaming platform

A Los Angeles County mother said her daughter met a sexual predator on the popular children’s gaming platform Roblox, claiming the company is not doing enough to protect vulnerable players who are too ...
TechCrunch

Roblox will require all users to perform age checks to access chat starting in January

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, ...
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Roblox bets on facial scanning to keep its youngest users safe

The wildly popular online gaming platform Roblox has started rolling out facial age verification to enhance its security measures. The move follows a string of lawsuits alleging the platform has ...