Roblox rolling out age-based accounts
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Roblox Corp. is making big changes, seemingly in response to the numerous lawsuits and other negative headlines.
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Facing a $49.5 million fine threat and an eSafety investigation, the gaming giant has announced its biggest child safety overhaul – splitting the platform by age.
Roblox has announced significant changes to its gaming platform to enhance safety for children under 16. The announcement comes just days after a man in the United Kingdom was jailed for 28 months for “obsessively grooming” a 14-year-old girl he met on the platform.
Roblox says that, as a carrier of third-party content, it is not liable for the harms from child predators Iowa accuses the gaming platform of facilitating.
Roblox Corp. is for the first time introducing special accounts designed specifically for younger children and teens, as the company tries to head off the possibility of being swept up by various social media bans under consideration globally.