eSafety secures enforceable child safety undertaking from Roblox Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has accepted a court-enforceable undertaking from Roblox requiring the gaming platform to strengthen measures designed to protect children from grooming, sexual exploitation and abuse. eSafety said it had concerns that Roblox was not meeting requirements under Australia’s Online Safety Act, including obligations covering contact...Read More

The Australian internet regulator is threatening a gaming giant with legal action if it fails to take steps to protect kids from grooming. Roblox on Thursday received an enforceable undertaking following concerns about exploitation and abuse guardrails on its platform. The eSafety Commission alleged the game was not meeting its obligations under the Online Safety...Read More

States v. Meta: The landmark case that could change social media Several attorneys general allege Meta deliberately created addictive features for children and violated federal privacy laws. WASHINGTON — A federal trial is underway in California, where attorneys general from several states are suing tech giant Meta, accusing the company of designing addictive features on...Read More

Attorneys representing four states argued that Meta (META) developed its products to hook young users on its platforms and harvested the data of children under 13 to its benefit in the latest social media addiction trial on Tuesday. The case, which is being heard before District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in the US District Court...Read More

OAKLAND, California – A former engineering director at Meta Platforms testified on Aug 19 that CEO Mark Zuckerberg fostered a culture that treated child safety as secondary to growth and engagement on Facebook and Instagram. Arturo Bejar, a vocal Meta critic, made the allegation during his second day of testimony in a landmark trial over...Read More

“Every one of them has appeared throughout our investigations,” Kenner’s Police Chief said after releasing a list of social, gaming, chat, and dating apps. KENNER, La. — From gaming platforms to social media and messaging apps, Kenner police say parents need to know what their children are doing online. That’s the message behind a recently...Read More

Meta knowingly hooked and exploited children, a US federal court heard Tuesday in a trial against the social media giant on charges that it deliberately made Instagram and Facebook addictive to young users. In what many experts have called social media’s “big tobacco moment”, a coalition of states is asking that Meta be penalised by...Read More

OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — A Meta insider continued his testimony Wednesday in the landmark trial in which four states claim the tech giant chose profits over teen safety and knowingly misled the public about supposed addictive features of its social media platforms, resulting in negative impacts to the mental health of young users. During direct...Read More

Australia’s internet regulator has reportedly secured a court-enforceable undertaking from Roblox to improve child safety measures tests found adult strangers could still breach protective safeguards introduced by the world’s biggest gaming platform. The agreement marks a sign of progress for the eSafety Commissioner as it intends to exercise its regulatory authority to make online platforms...Read More

A landmark federal trial against Meta — the parent company of Facebook and Instagram — got underway in California, with 29 states arguing the social media giant knowingly designed its platforms to addict children and teenagers. Attorneys general from California, New Jersey, Kentucky and Colorado are leading the multi-state coalition against the trillion-dollar company. States...Read More