Roblox must make changes after failing to block adults creeping on kids
Roblox is first platform to submit to independent audits under the Online Safety Act.
Roblox is first platform to submit to independent audits under the Online Safety Act.
The short version
- Despite making changes last fall to help block adults from messaging unknown children , Roblox is still failing to stop adults from creeping on kids in other ways, Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, said on Thursday.
- Such requests did not trigger parental alerts, eSafety found, and bad actors could also search kids’ visible-to-anyone contact lists for more targets.
- Perhaps even more concerning, adults could also search for kids and comment on their posts “without parental or carer consent” in “forums outside game environments,” eSafety said.
What happened
Australia’s Online Safety Act requires that platforms prevent unwanted contact between adults and minors. It also mandates setting children’s accounts to private by default.
Why it matters
Although Roblox “believes it is meeting its obligations,” the online gaming platform—which 1.7 million Australian kids use—has entered a court-enforceable agreement to make changes in the next three months.
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