Millions of children use Roblox – but this digital playground has a dark side The world’s second most popular video game is social media by stealth.

In South Africa, where Roblox is the top mobile game, estimates suggest it generates between R72-million and R126-million a year. That's striking in a market where the average gamer spends just R480 ...

Roblox , which has over 380 million monthly active users, is an online game that is especially popular among children overseas, but it has also been criticized for exploiting children . It has ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill points to broader concerns, citing reports to the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that rose from 675 in 2019 to more than 13,000 in 2023.

These are not games, they’re digital platforms designed to extract profit from the users, and a haven for online predators.