With federal agents storming the streets of American communities, there’s no single right way to approach this dangerous ...

From Stranger Things conspiracy theories to Roblox age verification, Gen Z slang, and IShowSpeed’s Africa tour, this week’s ...

Roblox is adding facial age verification to limit who kids can chat with online and strengthen protections for younger gamers.

Roblox continues to show impressive growth in users and revenue, yet the company still faces significant financial challenges (“Roblox Isn’t Playing Games. Why the Stock Could Jump 50%,” Cover Story, ...

Much of the U.S. is facing a potentially colder-than-average winter, and many states have already experienced their first snow of the season. Cold temperatures and bad weather can impact more than ...

Many people assume empathy is too soft, too subjective, or too deeply personal to quantify. In our own survey, nearly half of the respondents agreed that “it is impossible to measure empathy.” This ...

Roblox CEO David Baszucki has stated that he has no issue allowing children to gamble on the game and is enthusiastic about integrating prediction markets. In recent years, several countries have ...

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This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...

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.

Cecilia D'Anastasio covers game culture and industry for Bloomberg. She conducted an investigation into how child are groomed on the platform before Attorney General James Uthmeier started his ...