Focus: Kids gaming platform Roblox faces hurdles ahead of public listing: rough words

Profanities and other offensive content that basic word-filtering tools are designed to catch can be found in some game titles and user profiles on children's gaming platform Roblox, searches of the ...
Digital Trends

Major Roblox change will make logging in a hassle, but there’s a good reason

Most parents have always been cautious about spaces in online gaming, but Roblox has come under fire more recently after it allegedly failed to implement proper safety protocols for kids. The ...
Analytics Insight

Roblox Locks Down Gray-Area Games: Know the Real Story

Overview Roblox shuts down gray-area games, enforcing ratings to protect younger players and align with global child safety standards.Discover why Roblox is loc ...

Roblox curbs on ‘sensitive’ games criticized by advocacy groups

Roblox Corp. is facing criticism from three advocacy groups who say the parental approval required before children can play ...

Roblox and Discord sued after teen’s suicide, joining wave of litigation against popular apps

Ethan Dallas, 15, had been playing Roblox since he was seven, and met a 37-year-old man pretending to be a child though the ...

Teen gamer reveals sickening scenes on Roblox as eSafety Commission announces new commitments to combat grooming

Parental controls were already in place for a young US gamer, who was allegedly coerced into sending explicit images by an ...
GamesIndustry.biz

Social justice advocacy groups slam Roblox for "silencing important voices" with new parental controls

Roblox notified game makers in August that it was introducing a new "content descriptor and parental control [for] ...