Rudaw

KRG bans online game Roblox over child safety concerns

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The communications ministry of the Kurdistan Region on Thursday announced a ban on the online game ...
Fox Business

Roblox CEO insists platform is safe for children despite lawsuits over online predators

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 ...
Analytics Insight

Iraq Bans Roblox Over Child Safety: Is Your Child Safe Playing Online Games?

Iraq has banned the popular online game Roblox over child safety concerns. The government said the platform allows children to directly communicate with other u ...
Variety

Roblox ‘Saddened’ Amid Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Teenager’s Suicide: ‘Tragic, Unimaginable Loss’

Roblox is facing another legal battle over its child safety regulations, this one a wrongful death lawsuit tied to the April 2024 suicide of a 15-year-old boy. The lawsuit, according to the New York ...
Fast Company

Roblox and Discord sued over 15-year-old’s suicide following alleged online grooming

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 ...
CBS News

Kentucky attorney general sues Roblox alleging a "playground for predators"

Kentucky has sued Roblox, alleging that children are accessing violent simulation games on the popular gaming platform, including depictions of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, just weeks after ...