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.
Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, expressed concern on Thursday that Roblox continues to allow adults to engage in inappropriate behavior with children, despite recent efforts to block such actions. Grant’s agency recently conducted tests that revealed significant shortcomings in Roblox’s safety measures. The findings indicated that adult strangers could still send connection requests to minors, and that a wide range of personal information from these kids’ profiles was accessible by anyone on the platform, including their account names, connection lists, avatar images, and interests.
Notably, these requests did not trigger any parental alerts. Moreover, malicious individuals could exploit kids’ contact lists to target additional victims.
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