The majority of Roblox's revenue comes from a particularly discretionary source: the entertainment of non-earning and dependent children. Despite outsourcing content production, imposing substantial ...

Another report, this time from Hindenburg Research, has laid claims and accusations at the feet of Roblox, hitting on the now old refrain of Roblox not doing enough to protect the children on its ...

Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki join e d The New York Times’ Hard Fork podcast to discuss the gaming platform’s new age-verification feature — but he seemed to get frustrated at the number of questions ...

The AI system has detected and reported 1,200 cases to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children this year. Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven ...

Roblox, the popular online gaming platform that hosts millions of user-created games, said Tuesday it is strengthening protections for minors. Roblox said it will soon require players to use ...

Gaming platform Roblox is still seen by many as a kids' game, but the truth is that its users are growing up. Gen Z players — or players aged 17-24 — are Roblox's fastest-growing demographic, with ...

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 ...

Lisa M. Given receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Association for Information Science and Technology.

Roblox announced late last week that it suffered a data breach impacting attendees of the 2022, 2023, and 2024 Roblox Developer Conference attendees. Roblox is an online gaming and game creation ...

Roblox announced Thursday that it’s launching new safeguards for people who are between the ages of 13 and 18. The company is introducing “Trusted Connections” to allow these users to connect more ...

Every day, people turn to third-party marketplaces like PlayerAuctions to buy and sell digital goods, be it high-leveled World of Warcraft, rare Fortnite skins, status-building Neopets, or Grand Theft ...