Journalist Jo Ling Kent joined CBS News in July 2023 as the senior business and technology correspondent for CBS News. Kent has more than 15 years of experience covering the intersection of technology ...

The family of a 13-year-old girl from West Des Moines is suing Roblox, claiming the platform failed to protect her from online sexual predators. The lawsuit alleges the girl was groomed and later ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a reporter who covers the politics and power influencing the tech industry. Before joining The Verge in 2018, ...

Rumors have been swirling that popular online gaming platform Roblox is shutting down. Roblox allows users to make a virtual universe and participate in millions of games and interactive environments.

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 ...

Roblox CEO and co-founder, Dave Baszucki, says "safety is a top priority," despite a civil lawsuit and a Middle Eastern country's banishment of the online gaming platform. During an interview with FOX ...

DENVER — A popular YouTuber known as Schlep has a warning for parents about Roblox after the company banned him from the platform for exposing alleged child predators. Schlep, whose real name is ...

A new federal complaint accuses the gaming giant of ignoring warnings about exploitative content and failing to protect children Gabby Jones/Bloomberg/Getty A new filing describes a 10-year-old girl ...

The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. Roblox has been criticized for its child safety issues, but argues ...

Roblox’s chief executive made 10 big predictions about the future of the platform, and one of them involved dating. Roblox’s chief executive made 10 big predictions about the future of the platform, ...