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ROBLOX, a popular gambling platform, which has been prepared for allegations in the last weeks, it is a threat to child security, he said on new initiatives to protect children online, including the function of manner and adult assessment.
Roblok announced several new children’s safety initiatives on Wednesday. (Illustration Photos Thomas Fuller / Sopa Images / Lighttrocket via Getty Images)
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Key facts
Roblok’s Security Officer Matt Kaufman said in a news release Wednesday, gaming platform will extract its age to all users by the end of this year, which measures user’s age through the facial assessment technology, ID verification and parental consent.
Through the function of the age estimate, Roblox will limit communication between minors and adults, unless they know each other in real life “provide users with access to developmental relevant functions and content.”
Also Wednesday, Roblox said It will be a partner with an international community organization, group assessments of content on video games, to add similar age-based scores to different roblox experiences, some encouraged the controversy for children.
Roblock Players based in the United States will see content assessments assigned to the Assessment Committee for entertainment, which assign ratings such as “E” for all, “T” for teenagers and “M” for mature or adult, users.
Roblox has already used his CONTENT MATCHETS For his experiences in the game, but Kaufman said he hoped that the Partnership with the IARC “gave parents globally with more clarity and self-confidence in terms of age.”
Why is Roblox turned with a controversy due to children’s safety?
Review over Robloq’s child protection of users grown In recent weeks, culminating in Louisiana, she filed a lawsuit against a platform for games in August. Louisian Lawyer, Liz Murrill states that the platform is “overnun with harmful content and children’s predators, because of user, income, revenue and profit due to child safety”, accusing him lack of patent security protocols. Murrill stated some useful created experience in the game, including “Escape on Epstein Island, Diddy Party and Public Bathroom Simulator Vibe.” ROBLOX also faced criticism from users in August due to its prohibition of “Vigilanta”, including the ban on the popular user known as Schlep, who has taken grabists at Roblox and faced them with the police. Roblox acknowledged Bugilante users were “well-meaning”, but allegedly to take “actions that are unacceptable and creating an insecure environment for users.” ROBLOX’s safety policies have been facing criticism and Bloomberg investigation In 2024. year, he found that police in the United States arrested at least two dozen users of the accused for minors since 2018. years. For the investigation of Bloomberg, she included an interview with almost two-tenths of employees, including the one who said was a spokesman for settlement to solve Bloomberg, “although Roblock spokesman.
What security features already have roblox?
In his wednesday, Kaufman was maintained by Roblox already working to increase the protocol on the child’s safety, and the tools that presented this year that he could detect the early signs of children’s endanger, as well as improvements for matches and voice filters. Kaufman also said Roblock “proactively monitors all text chat on the platform” Prevents image sharing and block users below 13 from private chases or voice chat.
Large number
111.8 million. It’s like everyday active users Roblox said It was in the second quarter of 2025. years, of which 36% were under 13 years of age.
Further reading
Louisiana sues Roblox as a controversy of child’s safety and ban “bugilante” users grows (Forbes)
