Roblox announced sweeping age verification measures to better protect young users, just days after tightening its sexual content policies—and as the company faces a federal lawsuit over child ...

Michigan lawmakers are looking to join a growing number of states working to tighten or restrict access to online pornography — although the legislation doesn't currently appear to be a priority in ...

At age 7, Ethan Dallas began playing the online game, where he met Nate. Deadly abuse followed, said Ethan’s mother, who blames Roblox. Ethan Dallas at 15. He had played Roblox, an online game aimed ...

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 ...

Social-media companies could soon verify their users’ age in New York by requesting a selfie or a video, according to newly proposed regulations. State Attorney General Letitia James’ office released ...

OpenAI will add age verification to ChatGPT. Teens will have more safety measures, compromising some freedom. Adults will retain the ability to use the chatbot as they want. Chatbot users are ...

The kids are playing computer games. According to the latest Global Games Market Report from the analysts at industry intelligence firm Newzoo, Gen Alpha—defined in this case as anyone born in or ...

After blocking its service in Mississippi over its new age-assurance law, the social networking startup is taking a different approach to comply with laws in South Dakota and Wyoming. Instead of ...

ChatGPT developer OpenAI announced new teen safety features Tuesday, including an age-prediction system and ID age verification in some countries. In a blog post, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described the ...