Following weeks of controversy and mounting public scrutiny, the popular social gaming platform Roblox has updated its parental controls and content rating system. There have been several recent reports about the dangers of online gaming platforms.

Roblox will not let users under the age of 13 message others outside of games and experiences on the platform, the company said Friday. Roblox also announced a series of other built-in protections for young users, such as age-gating certain experiences ...

Despite a range of recently launched child-safety tools, virtual gaming platform Roblox, which is especially popular among young people, may be a dangerous platform for children. New research from insights agency Revealing Reality depicts “deeply ...

Editor's note: This article contains descriptions and an image of hate speech found on the Roblox servers and might be triggering to some readers. In Roblox, one of the world's largest online gaming platforms, users join to play, create, and be themselves ...