Katherine Fung is a Newsweek senior reporter based in New York City. She has covered U.S. politics and culture extensively. Katherine joined Newsweek in 2020. She is a graduate of the University of ...

If you're a parent trying to protect your kids from the dangers of the internet, an online community that has attracted millions of kids probably sounds like your greatest nightmare. And yet, Roblox ...

Teens users who want to access certain Roblox features will have to verify their age. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Roblox Roblox is a popular digital space for kids and teens to congregate ...

Roblox will scan video selfies of teens to assess their ages as part of a new Trusted Connections feature that gives users access to unfiltered chatting with people they know. Roblox is rolling out ...

Roblox introduces Trusted Connections to support safer communication between teens and people they know. Players can only add users aged 18 and above as Trusted Connections if they know them in real ...

The “next step” to make talking to others safer in-game? One of the things that we’ve talked about over the last few months is that Roblox may be a “great game” in terms of its overall composition and ...

Teens will have to prove they are older than 13 to make ’Trusted Connections’ they can chat more freely with. Teens will have to prove they are older than 13 to make ’Trusted Connections’ they can ...