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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Testing Roblox’s most terrifying myths to see what’s real

Shark tested Roblox’s most terrifying myths to determine which ones are real. This matters because it separates fact from fiction, revealing the true horrors that players might encounter.
Tampa Free Press

“Predator Hunting Ground”: Florida AG Slaps Roblox With Massive Lawsuit Over Child Safety

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a sweeping lawsuit against the gaming giant Roblox on Thursday, accusing the ...

‘PLAYGROUND FOR PREDATORS’: Texas third state to sue gaming titan, Roblox, for child endangerment

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

Stray Kids Lead a Spooky Dance Party in Dystopian ‘Do It’ Video: Watch

The upbeat jam is the title track to the latest chapter in their "SKZ IT TAPE" series, which dropped Friday (Nov. 21). By Gil Kaufman Stray Kids put on a dance clinic in the cinematic video for the ...
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.
CBC.ca

Roblox increases safety guidelines with age verification, grouping users into age-based chats

Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to message other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to message people around ...
CNN

Lawsuits claim Roblox endangers kids. New AI age verification aims to block them from chatting with adults

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph ...
PCGamesN

Roblox is rolling out face ID age checks to stop older players from chatting to kids, but will it actually work?

As various countries continue to crack down on online safety, Roblox has confirmed that it's rolling out a new age verification system for players who want to use the in-game chat feature. The system ...
Slate

I’m Grateful That My Wife Is Trying More in Bed. But I Am Repulsed by How She’s Doing It.

How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It’s anonymous! Dear How to Do It, My wife and I are deeply in love and are both very affectionate. She’s in ...
TechCrunch

Texas AG sues Roblox, accusing it of prioritizing ‘pixel pedophiles’ over child safety

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton late on Thursday said he is suing online gaming platform Roblox over child safety concerns, accusing the company of “deceiving parents about the dangers of its ...