Roblox, Alabama and settlements
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Roblox is one of the most popular online platforms for elementary school-aged kids. Now, after a wave of lawsuits and growing concerns about predators using in-game chat to contact children, the company is rolling out new safety changes.
Gaming platform Roblox will pay over $23 million and implement sweeping safety changes after investigations into child safety failures by two states.
Chris Hansen compared Roblox to an amusement park where kids are flying off rides, warning parents about what he claims is a surge of grooming.
A San Diego family is taking Roblox and Meta to court, alleging that adult predators used the Roblox platform to find and groom their then-11-year-old daughter, then shifted to Instagram to coerce sexually explicit video chats,
On May 26, the Pennsylvania State Police will hold a Roblox Safety and Online Predators event at General McLane High School to educate parents and community members on online risks