Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Roblox, a San Mateo-based online gaming company, is in hot water after a lawsuit alleges the firm fails to implement measures that prevent predatory behavior toward children and is negligent in ...

The mother of a 15-year-old boy who killed himself is suing Roblox and Discord for wrongful death, alleging the apps’ lack of guardrails allowed her son to be sexually coerced by an adult predator ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

New Jersey has filed a lawsuit against Discord, accusing the platform of enabling child exploitation due to weak age verification and insufficient content moderation. As regulatory demands increase, ...

Popular California-based web platforms Roblox and Discord are facing renewed scrutiny from tech experts and parents following a series of high-profile child exploitation cases, including unlawful ...