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Following recent reports and criticisms of Roblox‘s child-safety protections, the younger-skewing online gaming platform is implementing new measures, including the automatic blocking of direct ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 2K Studio/E+/GettyImages When it comes to their children, parents are right to be concerned about online safety while playing ...

Roblox, the gaming platform used by more than 80 million people daily, now requires players to verify their age through a video selfie before they can use chat features. The company has also sorted ...

Roblox continues to update its parental controls, adding three new features to improve child safety on the platform. Parents and guardians can now block and report anyone on their child's friend list, ...

Roblox is introducing two new age-based accounts for minors: Roblox Kids for children aged five to eight, and Roblox Select for users aged nine-15. New parental controls are also on the way. The ...

Roblox is implementing some major changes to the control it gives parents over their children's accounts following damning reports that its platform was rife with child exploitation and abuse. In an ...

Parental controls are often promoted as a safety net for families, but growing evidence suggests they may not adequately protect children on major gaming platforms. New research from A Case for Women, ...

Roblox says it’s instituting some new safety features for children accounts next month after a shocking report claimed the platform was filled with child and sexual exploitation. According to IGN, ...