'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.
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'Horrible': Age-based Roblox chats impact moderation, gameplay

Just a few weeks have passed since popular online game platform Roblox announced it would implement new facial age-estimation ...
GameSpot

Roblox Blocked In Russia For "Negatively Impacting" Children

The country's communications watchdog said the platform's distribution of extremist materials, including "LGBT propaganda," ...
NPR

Roblox bets on facial scanning to keep its youngest users safe

Justin Patchin, criminal justice professor at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, on new age verification guidelines for the online gaming platform Roblox, and tips for parents to protect their ...
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 ...
PC Gamer

Interview with Roblox CEO kicks off with an unbelievable answer about its predator problem being 'not just a problem, but an opportunity,' and somehow just gets crazier from there

Roblox CEO David Baszucki is taking heat for a recent podcast interview with the New York Times, in which he discussed the platform's new AI-powered age gating technology, dismissed accusations that ...
Rolling Stone

2025 Was a Historic Year for Bad Bunny. He’s Just Getting Started

E very year Bad Bunny gets bigger, with new records broken and more gains made — and yet his career in 2025 feels like a massively historic moment, even for him. The Puerto Rican star, born Benito ...
Polygon

Roblox's selfie verification is a preview of an annoying internet future

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, ...
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.
ConsumerAffairs

Roblox’s new age-check requirement: What parents need to know

Roblox is the first online gaming or communication platform to require facial age checks to access chat, establishing a new industry standard. The rollout began with a voluntary age check period. The ...
The Hill

Roblox steps up age checks, will group younger users into age-based chats

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

Roblox to require age checks to use platform's chat features

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Gaming platform Roblox will require users to verify their age using facial recognition software to chat with other players, a company executive said, with the goal of ...