For many of us parents, the moment our kids discover a game like Roblox feels like a win. It’s a digital babysitter. An hour of peace and quiet while they build virtual worlds and we try to remember ...

Millions of children use Roblox – but this digital playground has a dark side The world’s second most popular video game is social media by stealth. It should be regulated as such to help keep young ...

Virtual playground Roblox is facing lawsuits that have brought up fundamental questions about online safety. In 2024, Roblox pulled in more than R78-billion in bookings, powered by its 111.8 million ...

Roblox, which has over 380 million monthly active users, is an online game that is especially popular among children overseas, but it has also been criticized for exploiting children. It has been ...

Taylor Hardwick is employed under funding by the Australian Research Council (Future Fellowship #220100076; DECRA #240101275). She is a board member of both Freeplay, a Melbourne-based independent ...

UPDATE: A Roblox spokesperson told us, “Roblox is aware of a third-party security issue where there was unauthorized access to limited personal information of a subset of our creator community. Our ...