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 ...
Roblox faces renewed criticism over its new facial-recognition age verification system. While intended to enhance child safety by grouping players by age, critics fear it introduces new risks, ...
The titles above are just two examples of the thousands of mini-games created by Roblox users. According to investigators, users create virtual environments that other users can join, with some using ...
Roblox is in a tight spot. After years of reports involving child predators on Roblox, the company faces pressure from the public and government to clean up its platform. The company's solution, ...
What just happened? Russia has blocked access to online game creation platform Roblox. Explaining the reasons why, Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor says the child-focused game is used to distribute ...
Roblox recently introduced a new face-scanning feature intended to improve child safety on its platform. On the Hard Fork podcast, CEO David Baszucki enthusiastically discussed this age-verification ...
A Johnson County family has taken legal action against the popular online gaming platform Roblox, seeking justice for their 11-year-old daughter's disturbing encounter with an adult predator posing as ...
Crash on Turnpike in Boca Raton closes all northbound lanes A crash on the Turnpike in Boca Raton has closed all northbound lanes on Thursday morning. Florida woman accused of sending child sexual ...
Roblox is introducing an AI facial age estimation system to group who users can speak to. CEO David Baszucki shared how seriously Roblox has taken safety from an early stage. As Roblox faces a swathe ...
(Bloomberg/Cecilia D’Anastasio) — Roblox Corp. executives have been trying to get advertisers to market their wares in the gaming platform’s virtual worlds since the company went public in 2021. It’s ...
Roblox is now rolling out facial age checks and age-based grouping for chat features on a voluntary basis ahead of it becoming mandatory in select markets next month. Once implemented, users will be ...
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 ...