Russian ban on Roblox gaming platform sparks rare protest

Several dozen people protested on Sunday in the Siberian city of Tomsk against Russia's ban on U.S. children's gaming ...

Online gaming escaped Australia's social media ban - but critics say it's just as addictive

Roblox introduced new age assurance features in Australia and two other countries weeks before the social media ban kicked in ...
defector

Would You Like To Be Defector’s Sixth-Ever Editorial Intern?

Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. Wow! That could be you! How could it be you? I am here to answer that question, and many more. At Defector, we publish ...
Game Rant

Roblox May Be Adding A Controversial Betting Feature

Michael Ingram is a Senior Contributor from the United States of America. Michael has been writing for GameRant since 2021 with a previous history of personal analytical writing. Michael is a lifelong ...
The Providence Journal

How a RI judge intervened after a teen intern was wrongfully detained by ICE

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents wrongfully detained a 16-year-old high school intern outside a Rhode Island courthouse. A Superior Court judge intervened, preventing the wrongful ...
CNN

A high school courthouse intern was mistakenly detained by ICE. State officials called it outrageous

Aggressive tactics by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents drew the ire of Rhode Island’s governor and state Supreme Court chief justice this week when a high school intern was detained and ...
The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

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 ...
The New York Times

We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

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 ...
WBUR

Rhode Island courts to explore remote hearings after ICE mistakenly detains a high school intern

As federal ICE agents continue to make arrests outside local courthouses, Rhode Island’s highest-ranking judge issued a rare press release on Thursday announcing that the state court system needs to ...