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Roblox, a gaming platform popular with kids, announced Thursday that children under 16 in Indonesia will be required to undergo facial scans to verify their age to comply with new restrictions on minors’ use of social media and digital platforms in the country.
Roblox will roll out new age-based account types in June 2026, introducing Roblox Kids for ages 5–8 and Roblox Select for ages 9–15, with tighter chat and game access controls. The move follows lawsuits and global safety concerns, and includes stricter ...
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that his office is suing the gaming site Roblox for misrepresenting the platform's safety measures to protect children from sexual predators. In a video shared on social media Thursday, Uthmeier said that ...
ATLANTA — 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 protecting kids from predators. At least four states have sued the ...
Roblox’s latest quarterly results revealed that new AI-powered age verification measures, aimed at improving child safety, have reduced chat engagement and slowed user growth, prompting a cut in full-year revenue guidance. The announcement sent shares to ...
A Snohomish County family filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Roblox Corporation, accusing the video game platform of prioritizing financial gain instead of protecting their then 12-year-old child from sexual exploitation by an online predator.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Two Northeast Ohio residents have sued the popular video game site Roblox, accusing users of sexually exploiting their children. The mother of a 13-year-old Summit County girl and the mother of a 13-year-old Cuyahoga County boy both ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roblox Programmer Faces 238 Child Sex Abuse Charges – Jamie Borne Image by Office of the Louisiana Attorney General_Facebook A 30-year-old man from New Orleans who told police he was a ...