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Roblox wants to teach kids how to spot fake news and be safe online
Firm rolls out free 'digital civility' course with 20 hours worth of educational content
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Roblox hires Walmart veteran Barbara Messing as new CMO
Messing will also be chief employee experience officer, reporting into CEO Dave Baszucki
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Roblox developers set to earn $250 million in 2020
Creators on the platform earned more than double the collective total from 2019
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Adopt Me: The most popular game you've never played
Josh Ling on the rapid rise of the biggest game on Roblox -- millions in revenue, 50m monthly users, and a team set to reach 100 people by the end of 2020
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Roblox hacked by Trump supporters
More than a thousand users' profiles changed, telling kids to ask their parents to re-elect US president
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Roblox player spending passes $1.5bn on mobile
May was the game's biggest month ever with revenue of over $100 million
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Roblox's continuing construction of a social, creative space
Matthew Curtis talks about prioritising better monetization, discoverability, and technology for the platform's creators
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Roblox initiative could raise $2m for COVID-19 relief
Sale of in-game items until June 30 will be matched twice by Roblox, and donated to No Kid Hungry, UNICEF USA, and Code.org
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Roblox closes $150m funding round
Investment lead Andreessen Horowitz also tenders $350 million minority stake offer
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Roblox surpasses $1b in lifetime revenue
Sensor Tower: Kid-friendly game creation platform has already grossed $435m so far in 2019
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Roblox survey reveals disconnect between parents and teens over online bullying
Majority of parents believe their children will discuss online behaviour with them, but more than half of teens disagree
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Roblox now has 100m monthly active users
The online social platform has added ten million MAUs in four months
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Roblox targets China with Tencent education partnership
Joint venture will run educational programmes at first, with Chinese launch of Roblox "the ultimate goal"
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Roblox on creating kinder communities
VP Tami Bhaumik says banning isn't an answer, improvement begins with understanding behavior
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Roblox launches Digital Civility Initiative
Online safety and education will be the focus of the program, led by new hire Laura Higgins
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Roblox's international transformation
Chief business officer Craig Donato details how the platform is going from "quiet company" to international giant
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Roblox acquires PacketZoom
Mobile performance improvement start-up will bring its technology to MMO studio as it pursues international growth
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Roblox closes on $150 million Series F funding round
Company's largest funding round to date will go toward continued international expansion
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Roblox: “Our work on safety is never-ending”
Developer behind popular kids game responds to recent gang rape incident, reiterates that hacker behind it has been banned
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Roblox creators poised to earn over $70 million in 2018
Community has grown to over four million creators, over twice the size it was last year
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We need parents on board if we want to protect their children
Following news of a sexual assault in Roblox and 'addiction' to Fortnite, parents want to cut kids off from these games - but that will only make the problem worse
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Roblox bans players who 'gang raped' a seven-year-old's avatar
Developer stresses it has a “zero tolerance” policy for this behaviour as US mother complains about in-game assault
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Roblox will teach kids to code with new educational initiative
Roblox Education includes a free curriculum designed for kids aged ten and over
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Roblox begins international expansion with Spanish language support
Includes moderation, customer support, and parent resources with more languages to come
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Roblox signs book publishing deal with Harper Collins
The first three books based on the popular online platform will be released in Fall 2018