‘I’m going to have to learn to live all over again’: Colville Reservation reeling after stabbing deaths of court clerk and her teenage son

Thursday was a good day at work in the Colville Tribal Court office with her niece Laura Dick, Sophie Nomee remembers.
The Record

Russian kids revolt as Kremlin bans Roblox, other popular apps

Russia blocked several major Western online services in recent weeks, including WhatsApp, Snapchat, FaceTime and the gaming platform Roblox, in what authorities describe as an effort to protect ...
Comicbook.com

Teaching Kids Gambling Through Roblox Is a Wild Idea

Roblox is a massive hit, growing from humble beginnings in 2006 to become one of the most active games in the modern landscape. The title has upwards of 85 million players a day, with plenty of ...
The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

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 ...
Indiatimes

Roblox implements new age verification for chat features: What the new facial age checks mean for kids, parents and moderators

Roblox is introducing a new age-based chat system. Users will undergo age verification using facial scans or government IDs. This will place them into narrow age groups, restricting private chats ...
The Conversation

Roblox set to start checking people’s ages. But it will need to do more to keep kids safe

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.
Couriermail

Roblox rolls out safety updates for millions of Aussie kids

Players of all ages will now be required to use facial recognition technology to access communication and chat features. The ambitious plan has kicked off Wednesday morning, allowing users to ...
Gulf News

Roblox to require age verification for every user’s chat access in January

From January worldwide, Roblox demands age check to limit chats between kids and adults Roblox, the hugely popular online platform known for user-generated games and social interaction, is imposing a ...
GameSpot

Roblox Will Try Harder To Keep Kids From Talking To Strangers

A new series of age checks and chat groupings are coming to Roblox that are meant to keep children from falling prey to predators. Despite its massive popularity among young gamers, Roblox has come ...
The Sun

Roblox adds major new BLOCK feature to protect kids from dangerous online predators

Users will be put into age groups starting next year ROBLOX is making it harder for dangerous predators to chat with children online by introducing a new age check. The move comes amid disturbing ...
CNN

Lawsuits claim Roblox endangers kids. New AI age verification aims to block them from chatting with adults

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph ...