Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant warned last month that Roblox had become a popular target for pedophiles seeking to groom children. Predators often use “Robux”, the in-game currency, as a “trade”, or a way to bribe minors into sending explicit images.

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 failing to protect children who use it. The family's ...

A High Point mother and her 10-year-old are suing Roblox, a popular gaming platform for kids. They are the first to file a lawsuit in North Carolina, joining other parents in other states who are suing the company. The 84-page civil lawsuit filed in ...

Roblox said inappropriate content is rare and security has been increased. Over 54 million users play Roblox, a popular multiplayer online game, every day and nearly half of them are under the age of 13, according to the company. At first glance, it may ...

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 on CBS stations across California. At least two ...

A Guardian Australia investigation this week documented a reporter posing as an eight-year-old girl on Roblox who was “given a sexualised avatar, cyberbullied, aggressively killed, sexually assaulted and shat on, all with parental control settings in place”.

FILE - The gaming platform Roblox is displayed on a tablet, Oct. 30, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Leon Keith, File) (Leon Keith) Roblox, the online gaming platform wildly popular with children and teenagers, is rolling out an open-source version of an ...