The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know.

Roblox recently clarified its age verification requirement for gamers who chat with strangers on the platform. Children will only be able to chat with other children, ...

The popular online gaming platform Roblox, which hosts millions of user-created games, is being sued by families and state attorneys general who claim online predators can groom, extort and exploit ...

Journalist Jo Ling Kent joined CBS News in July 2023 as the senior business and technology correspondent for CBS News. Kent has more than 15 years of experience covering the intersection of technology ...

FILE - A man uses a cell phone in New Orleans, Aug. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File) (Jenny Kane) MONROE COUNTY, Mich. – A Monroe County man accused of sexually exploiting numerous children ...

Families around the United States have filed an ongoing number of lawsuits against the online gaming platform Roblox for allowing the sexual exploitation of children. Roblox has been receiving a lot ...

Streaming accounts are a favorite target of cyber criminals and Netflix is at the top of the list. The perpetrators gain access via leaked passwords, phishing emails, or malware, and use the account ...

TAFT, Calif. (KERO) — On April 13 at 10 a.m., the Kern County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a 10-year-old who was last seen the night before. “We are bringing this case because of what ...

Two online gaming apps have been sued by a New Jersey mother and her young daughter after the girl was allegedly targeted by a man pretending to be a boy and convincing her to send sexually explicit ...

Did you know that you can play Roblox with a VR headset? It's not a widely known feature, as many households don't have a virtual reality device readily available. The first VR headsets required a ...

Two lawsuits filed on behalf of a Wake County teen and a Cumberland County teen allege that popular apps Roblox and Discord created an environment that allowed a Louisiana man to exploit her online.

When it comes to their children, parents are right to be concerned about online safety while playing video games like Roblox. Fortunately, Roblox offers safety settings that parents can enable to ...