SLICING her body with marks, 14-year-old Jessica is implored to go further yet by her online abuser, who instructs her: “Burn it.” It’s a harrowing moment bravely revealed by the teenager after she ...

Every day, tens of millions of young people dive into Roblox to build, connect and compete. But with that scale comes opportunity, not just for game designers and players, but also for cybercriminals ...

A Missouri family is suing Roblox after their teen son with autism was allegedly exploited by a predator on the gaming platform. The lawsuit accuses Roblox of misrepresenting its safety features and ...

There are many Roblox games inspired by various shows and other forms of media, but they rarely have direct collaborations to create a unique title. Recently, it was announced that one of Netflix's ...

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Happy Tuesday. Here’s your Tuesday Tech Drop, my collection of the past week’s top stories from the intersection of technology and politics. Roblox, the popular online game for children, is under fire ...

Roblox can’t keep up. After years of criticism that its platform isn’t safe for the young gamers it caters to, the multibillion-dollar company announced in July that it was rolling out new measures to ...

Louisiana sued the online gaming platform Roblox on Thursday, alleging the wildly popular site has perpetuated an environment where sexual predators “thrive, unite, hunt and victimize kids.” The ...

Online gaming platform Roblox has faced criticism for years that it doesn’t do enough to protect children using its platform. Now, Louisiana’s attorney general is suing the company, alleging among ...

Julie Watts is a national-award-winning investigative correspondent for CBS News, covering California. Her investigations, Capitol accountability reports, and solutions-oriented journalism air weekly ...

Roblox, the online gaming platform wildly popular with children and teenagers, is rolling out an open-source version of an artificial intelligence system it says can help preemptively detect predatory ...