Roblox faces lawsuit for alleged child sexual exploitation on platform

A lawsuit was filed Wednesday alleging the app Roblox enabled the sexual exploitation of a 9-year-old boy in Cook County. The Dolman Law Group, who filed the complaint on behalf of the boy and his ...

Roblox rolls out mandatory age checks for all users

According to the platform, millions have already completed voluntary age checks since the feature launched. In regions where ...
Raleigh News & Observer

Another US 70 bypass opens Friday between the Triangle and the coast

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. NCDOT opens 10.3-mile Havelock bypass Friday to reduce U.S. 70 congestion. Construction cost $259 million; work began 2019 as part of ...
IGN

Disney Won't Work With Roblox Due to Its Child Safety Concerns, Report States

Concerns over child safety are stopping Disney from collaborating with Roblox, a new report has revealed. With 151 million daily active users, Roblox is one of the biggest games in the world — if not ...
Variety

As Hollywood Navigates Roblox and Fortnite, What’s Working — and What Isn’t

Here’s a stat that might shock anyone who isn’t the parent of a Gen Alpha kid: As of October 2025, online gaming platform Roblox boasted more than 151 million global daily active users. For ...
Game Rant

Roblox Players Are Not Happy About Recent Changes

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for Game Rant since 2015. After meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. Sarah majored in game design in college and utilizes that knowledge to ...
Columbus Dispatch

Roblox addresses predators with new age-verification and chat rules

Roblox is introducing new safety features to limit interactions between adults and minors on its platform. Users will need to verify their age with a government ID or facial scan to use chat features.
The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...
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 ...
TechSpot

Roblox will now restrict chat by age group, verified with selfie-based scans

In context: Roblox is a gaming platform with a massive audience of teens and younger players. Authorities worldwide have criticized the service as a potential grooming ground for predators, but the ...
PC Gamer

Roblox to make facial age checks mandatory to access any chat features, and will put 'common-sense limits' on the age ranges users can chat within

The feature will be rolled out globally by January 2026. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as a preferred source on Google ...
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Roblox rolls out new age verification feature for chat use

JACKSOVNILLE, Fla. — The popular children’s gaming platform ROBLOX rolled out a new safety feature meant to ensure that children playing the game interact with other kids their own age. Roblox wants ...