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 ...

A Florida woman was arrested Friday and accused of instructing her 10-year-old relative, via messages in an online video game, to drop a 2-month-old on a tile floor and kill her adult guardians, the ...

Kentucky has sued Roblox, alleging that children are accessing violent simulation games on the popular gaming platform, including depictions of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, just weeks after the ...

Following recent reports and criticisms of Roblox's child-safety protections, the younger-skewing online gaming platform is implementing new measures, including the automatic blocking of direct ...

The move comes days after ITV News reported that teenagers were exposed to multiple examples of extremist content on the ...

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...

Roblox officials say they've discovered no evidence of "instructions for violence" in connection with a Pensacola woman allegedly using Roblox's chat function to convince a 10-year-old girl to kill an ...

On Tuesday, Roblox—the gaming platform popular with Gen Z and Gen Alpha—saw its stock take a dive. Roblox stock fell 9.4% in early trading, even as it’s already dropped by 15% this year. As of midday ...

Roblox introduces facial age checks for children as young as nine before accessing chat features, with UK getting it in 2026.