Roblox, Discord, OpenAI and Google are launching a nonprofit organization called ROOST, or Robust Open Online Safety Tools, which hopes "to build scalable, interoperable safety infrastructure suited ...

The ROOST initiative aims to provide other companies with free, open-source AI tools to help protect children online. The ROOST initiative aims to provide other companies with free, open-source AI ...

Two chat and gaming companies are being sued for allegedly facilitating child sexual exploitation and abuse. The suit claims Roblox and Discord allowed online predators to find victims. "Both Roblox ...

GALVESTON, Texas -- A federal lawsuit claims that two popular gaming platforms failed to protect a child in Galveston, Texas from an alleged predator. The victim's mother said she uses parental ...

A Florida girl was allegedly groomed and sexually exploited on Roblox and Discord, two platforms widely used by children, according to a lawsuit filed in California. The case comes amid a wave of ...

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The mom of a teen boy who died by suicide after being abused while playing Roblox is suing the popular online game for wrongful death. Rebecca Dallas filed the lawsuit Friday in San Francisco, ...