Roblox is a popular online gaming platform for children. But it's also a place where people who want to exploit children know they can find an audience. On Thursday, Roblox announced Roblox Sentinel, ...

Roblox is stepping up its age verification system for users who want to privately message other players and implementing age-based chats so kids, teens and adults will only be able to message people ...

Roblox, the online gaming platform wildly popular with children and teenagers, is rolling out an open-source version of an artificial intelligence system it says can help preemptively detect predatory ...

Once users complete an age check, they can access age-based chat, which means they can only communicate with others in a ...

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The AI system has detected and reported 1,200 cases to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children this year. Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven ...

FILE - The gaming platform Roblox is displayed on a tablet, Oct. 30, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Leon Keith, File) (Leon Keith) Roblox, the online gaming platform wildly popular with children and ...