The online gaming platform Roblox — which allows users to create and develop their own games — has attracted the attention of some 78 million daily users. More than 40% of them are pre-teens. But ...

If you're a parent trying to protect your kids from the dangers of the internet, an online community that has attracted millions of kids probably sounds like your greatest nightmare. And yet, Roblox ...

A number of consumer advocacy groups have a problem with Walmart’s entry into the metaverse. The online retailer last fall announced the launch of two new virtual worlds on Roblox, Walmart Land and ...

Recently, Roblox got in trouble with the Children’s Advertising Review Unit for failing to clearly label in-game ads for children under 13 and using social media influencers who failed to identify ...

Sara M. Grimes is Principal Investigator of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada funded "Children and Age Appropriate Game Design" project and lead researcher on the Canada ...

Roblox will make further changes to how its large audience of children interact with others on the platform, in response to growing safety fears. The latest steps include a ban on users aged under 13 ...