Roblox to roll out age checks for chat access
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ROBLOX is making it harder for dangerous predators to chat with children online by introducing a new age check. The move comes amid disturbing incidents reported within one of the world’s
Roblox is getting ready to roll out its latest safety feature at a time when it is confronting a growing number of lawsuits from states and families that claim the popular gaming app falsely advertised itself as safe for children.
Roblox will soon require that users go through an age estimation process if they want to be able to chat with other people on the platform. The requirement will be in effect for all users starting in early January.
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A Guardian Australia investigation this week documented a reporter posing as an eight-year-old girl on Roblox who was “given a sexualised avatar, cyberbullied, aggressively killed, sexually assaulted and shat on, all with parental control settings in place”.
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