A provisional estimate for the cost of the UK’s national digital ID system pegs it at £1.8 billion (approximately US$2.4 billion) over the next three years. The Office for Budget Responsibility ...

Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki join e d The New York Times’ Hard Fork podcast to discuss the gaming platform’s new age-verification feature — but he seemed to get frustrated at the number of questions ...

London, England, 22 November 2025: Protest to oppose the UK government's proposed plan for a mandatory national digital identity system, which is a violation of privacy and a dangerous step towards a ...

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 ...

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...

Third Person Shooter Remember Postal? In the last 48 hours publisher Running With Scissors has announced a new game, insulted fans, apologized, canceled the game, the studio making it denied ...

Roblox, the online gaming platform that’s wildly popular with young people, has rolled out an age verification program. The platform has received harsh criticism for putting children at risk of ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A former volunteer firefighter with the Chili Fire Department was arrested on charges of sexual exploitation of children and producing child porn. Court documents say Vincent Steiner ...

Lisa M. Given receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Association for Information Science and Technology.

Following a spate of lawsuits and investigations over its child safety systems, Roblox is going to implement mandatory facial verification for all users who want to access communication features, ...

The popular children's gaming platform has tens of millions of users. Roblox is introducing a new safety measure aimed at protecting its young users amid a recent increase in lawsuits against the ...