Roblox, Discord, OpenAI and Google are launching a nonprofit organization called ROOST, or Robust Open Online Safety Tools, which hopes "to build scalable, interoperable safety infrastructure suited ...

The ROOST initiative aims to provide other companies with free, open-source AI tools to help protect children online. The ROOST initiative aims to provide other companies with free, open-source AI ...

Officials in Florida and New Jersey are scrutinizing popular video game apps Roblox and Discord over child safety concerns. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a subpoena to Roblox Corp.

Roblox and Discord are being sued by the mother of a 15-year-old boy who died by suicide after allegedly being targeted by “an adult sex predator” posing as a child on the platforms. A wrongful death ...

The mom of a teen boy who died by suicide after being abused while playing Roblox is suing the popular online game for wrongful death. Rebecca Dallas filed the lawsuit Friday in San Francisco, ...

Popular California-based web platforms Roblox and Discord are facing renewed scrutiny from tech experts and parents following a series of high-profile child exploitation cases, including unlawful ...

The mother of a 15-year-old boy who killed himself is suing Roblox and Discord for wrongful death, alleging the apps’ lack of guardrails allowed her son to be sexually coerced by an adult predator ...

The mother of a 15-year-old California boy who took his own life is now suing Roblox and Discord over his death, alleging her son was groomed and coerced to send explicit images on the apps. Rebecca ...

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Since its founding, the gaming platform Roblox had a considerable drawback: Friends who wanted to play the same game together couldn't do so easily. Typically, they'd have to use a third-party app, ...