Jay Peters is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Roblox is a hugely popular game — nearly 50 million users play it ...

Popular kids video game Roblox was branded a “pedophile hellscape,” with titles such as “Diddy Party,” and “Escape to Epstein Island,” according to Hindenburg Research – the short-seller who called ...

With more than 200 million active monthly users, Roblox is one of the most popular gaming platforms on the Internet. But all that global traffic means an enhanced need for infrastructure and ...

A California man has been arrested for abducting a 10-year-old child he reportedly met on social media apps Roblox and Discord, authorities said Wednesday. Matthew Macatuno Naval, 27, was arrested ...

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Congressman Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, has issued a call to the developers of Roblox to "do more" to help protect children amid ongoing ...

Louisiana sued the online gaming platform Roblox on Thursday, alleging the wildly popular site has perpetuated an environment where sexual predators “thrive, unite, hunt and victimize kids.” The ...

Roblox appears to be in a spot of trouble, as the online game platform attempts to battle growing controversies over child safety and its imposition of bans on ‘vigilante’ users. This has led to fears ...

On Saturday, more than 16 million people were planting seeds and collecting exotic pets within Grow a Garden at the same time. Many were not yet teenagers. By Kieran Press-Reynolds Anyone older than ...