Social platforms Snapchat and Discord were also sued for facilitating abuse. In other lawsuits, parents accuse Minecraft and Fortnite of design choices that induce internet gaming disorder.

Roblox officially begins its previously signaled crackdown on gray-area experiences meant to improve child safety on the hit platform.

Advocacy groups are criticizing Roblox’s recently proposed content descriptors, claiming that they represent a “step backward for both creative expression and social justice.” The new “Sensitive ...

The Escapist looks into the Roblox gambling situation, what’s being done about it by the Roblox corporation, concerned parents, and any introduced legislation to combat the problem.

Roblox notified game makers in August that it was introducing a new "content descriptor and parental control [for] experiences that are primarily themed on a sensitive social, political, or religious ...

Roblox is facing backlash over how it handles predators on its platform, after content creator Schlep and journalist Chris Hansen spoke at CrimeCon 2025.

You might use these apps every day, but have no idea what they collect. These 20 apps are quietly harvesting your location, contacts, photos, and more—here's what you can do about it.

The new classification approach primarily targets loot boxes. These are features in games which fall under a broader umbrella of "random reward mechanics." These features usually require an in-game ...

The 764 network tricks, coerces and otherwise encourages kids to engage in sex acts, harm animals, mutilate themselves and even commit suicide.

Abigail Hing Wen’s Loveboat, Taipei trilogy is now the movie Love in Taipei on Netflix, which she executive produced. Her new novel, The Vale, which she wrote 10 years ago, is an illustrated middle ...

Microsoft will end Windows 10 security updates for regular users in mid-October, but IT expert Peeter Marvet says poor cyber hygiene poses a bigger risk.