Controversial gaming platform Roblox is rolling out major changes as it seeks to escape Australia’s impending under-16s social media ban.

The list of banned platforms requires mental gymnastics that the government has struggled to explain, and ignores where kids actually spend their time.

A Guardian Australia investigation this week documented a reporter posing as an eight-year-old girl on Roblox who was “given ...

Online platforms, including Roblox, where a new “twisted type of gamification” had emerged, were targeting vulnerable pre-teen and teenage girls, AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett said in a National ...

Despite having social elements, Roblox insists it is not a social media. The eSafety Commissioner agrees but is reviewing ...

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Popular social media website Reddit and streaming giant Kick will be added to a list of websites banned for under-16s in Australia from next month, Canberra said Wednesday. Australia will from ...

Meta warns some teenagers may "mistakenly lose access" as it rushes to implement new social media restrictions.

Reddit and live-streaming platform Kick will be added to the platforms required to ban 16s when the new rules come into effect in December. Australia's impending social media ban for under-16s, which ...

Kick and Reddit will be subjected to an upcoming law that will hope to restrict access to those under 16 in one country.