Roblox Corp., the video-game platform popular with preteens, is instituting a number of reforms following widespread criticism of its child-safety policies and the arrests of alleged child abusers ...

Roblox published 40 safety updates in 2024, the company said earlier this month as it touted new tools to help parents control how their children interact with strangers.

Roblox, the digital games platform popular with children and tweens, has introduced what it called "significant updates" to parental controls and will stop children younger than 13 from directly ...

Roblox reports rise in child exploitation incidents in 2023, with over 13,000 cases flagged to NCMEC. Roblox addresses safety concerns, highlighting efforts to improve security and the context of ...

Video game maker Roblox said on Monday that it is implementing new safety measures for users under 13, including permanently removing the ability to message others outside games on its platform.

In an effort to address child safety concerns, digital gaming platform Roblox announced Monday that it is rolling out a major update to its safety features and parental controls.

In an interview earlier this year, Roblox’s chief safety officer, Matt Kaufman, rejected the idea that Roblox has a systemic child safety problem and said the platform’s moderation systems scan all ...

Roblox, which has 85 million ... New Jersey are scrutinizing popular video game apps Roblox and Discord over child safety ... misled users and parents” and doesn’t actually scan messages ...

Roblox’s child-safety policies have come under scrutiny in recent months. Since 2018, US police have arrested at least two dozen people who were accused of abusing or abducting victims they met ...