The Benton County Sheriff's Office has investigated some cases where individuals used Roblox to chat with minors, which led to inappropriate conversations, Lt. Shannon Jenkins said.

Roblox has announced that experiences labeled with the Restricted maturity tag will soon only be available to users aged 18 and over.

A spokesperson for Roblox disputed that any conversations instructing violence took place on the video game platform.

Roblox is a huge sprawling world of games which is sometimes described as a kind of primitive metaverse. It's one of the most popular children's games in the world.

Louisiana sued the online gaming platform Roblox on Thursday, alleging the wildly popular site has perpetuated an environment where sexual predators “thrive, unite, hunt and victimize kids.” ...

YouTuber and Roblox content creator going by the handle “Schlep” was recently banned from the platform after he took matters into his own hands, catching predators Chris Hansen-style.