Children are being tricked into downloading software, often related to popular games like Minecraft and Roblox.

For many of us parents, the moment our kids discover a game like Roblox feels like a win. It’s a digital babysitter. An hour of peace and quiet while they build virtual worlds and we try to remember ...

New safety features on the popular children's gaming platform Roblox don't go far enough, experts have said. Roblox introduced the new features after warnings that children were being exposed to ...

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 ...

Virtual towns, team challenges, and global friendships make Roblox the ultimate playground where young players design, ...

Roblox is adding new restrictions to younger kids’ accounts and revamping its parental control features as part of a push to beef up the safety features on its platform. The changes come after ...

The guardian of a 14-year-old boy from Bucks County says the child was targeted by a male predator who posed as a fellow ...

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Congressman Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, has issued a call to the developers of Roblox to "do more" to help protect children amid ongoing ...

Controversy surrounding the fast-growing gaming platform Roblox Corp.’s security measures, which critics say have made the site a haven for child predators, is starting to scare off investors. The ...

My son doesn't read the child-in-the-woods stories anymore. He's grown beyond that stage, with the terrors of bears and witches and the Bad Banksia Men just cloudy memories of many years past. My son, ...