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The Brain-Rotting Dystopia of Roblox

Roblox features millions of such games, many of them generated by the very children who play them. Grow a Garden — essentially a remake of the legendary time-waster FarmVille — recently smashed ...
La. (KPLC) - Petitions, lawsuits, investigations, and even arrests related to the use of the popular gaming platform Roblox have erupted recently. Some claim the platform isn’t doing enough to protect ...
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Starting August 28, the platform has begun limiting access to its Restricted content, tightening the age requirement from 17+ to 18+. The shift is happening in phases—users under 18 already can’t find ...
Roblox has set a record of the highest-ever concurrent users with 47.4 million in Quarter 3 of 2025. This happened amid a lawsuit filed against the company over child safety concerns. Roblox is a ...
And it’s getting sued…again. As sad as it sounds, video games have always been the focus of many controversies. Some of them have been overblown, like they’re “turning kids’ brains into mush,” which ...
Move follows similar restrictions as platform strengthens safeguards for young users Dubai: Roblox, the globally popular online gaming platform, has temporarily disabled voice and text chat features ...
It’s honestly pretty hilarious to us that Roblox Grow A Garden is the biggest title in the video game world right now. After all, it doesn’t really make sense that it is…but it is. Seriously, it’s a ...
Theo Burman is a Newsweek Live News Reporter based in London, U.K. He writes about U.S. politics and international news, with a focus on infrastructure and technology. He has covered technological and ...
The man who has been criticized after footage of him snatching a hat off a young boy at the US Open went viral has apologized, saying he made a “huge mistake.” Piotr Szczerek, identified as a Polish ...
A Polish CEO who grabbed a hat from a boy at the U.S. Open last week apologized Monday for his actions. Piotr Szczerek, who runs a paving company, said sorry for his “extremely poor judgment and ...
The man who was caught on camera snatching a hat off a young boy at the US Open has said he made a "huge mistake" after footage of the incident went viral. Piotr Szczerek, a Polish chief executive of ...