The private online space was made accessible to five-year-old gamers in a ‘mislabelling’ error — but it was not the only one.

The popular kids’ gaming platform has a history of making safety tweaks that sound good in a press release but fall short in ...

Children across Australia will wake up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban ...

Amid growing concerns about child safety, Roblox is rolling out age verification checks to prevent children from speaking with adults online. Roblox is one of the biggest gaming platforms in the world ...

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This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...

Australia may be first to ban under-16s from social media but it’s far from the only government demanding age verification: ...

Australia may be first to ban under-16s from social media but it’s far from the only government demanding age verification: ...

"Delaying children’s access to social media accounts gives them valuable time to learn and grow, free of the powerful, unseen forces of harmful and deceptive design features such as opaque algorithms ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has already described the ban as a success because it has prompted families to discuss social ...