A mother says her ten-year-old repeatedly tried to take her own life after being harassed by a man she met on Roblox.

Roblox receives hundreds of child safety reports daily, according to a moderator. The Roblox Corporation is reported to have passed on 13,316 cases of child exploitation to US authorities in 2023.

It employs 3000 human moderators, though relies on AI for much of the work. Bloomberg has spoken with Roblox moderation staff who say they feel overwhelmed, with hundreds of reports of child ...

In a significant update to its safety policy, Roblox plans to keep users under the age of 13 away from unrated experiences. It’ll also prevent access to social hangouts and experiences that use ...

which it said were games "that allow users to draw or write in 2D and replicate those creations to other users without the completed creation going through Roblox moderation". It is thought that ...

It’s much easier to yell nasty words than to type them out, which has caused a major moderation problem. Roblox, like other major gaming platforms, is addressing this toxicity square on ...

As detailed on the Roblox Creator Hub, two changes are to be implemented over the coming months. This includes the moderation of unrated experiences and restricted access to social hangouts and ...

with other users as yourself" - as well as in "free-form user creation" where users can draw in 2D or write without this text going through Roblox moderation. From 3rd December, unrated ...

Throughout the years, several reports have accused Roblox, the popular gaming platform aimed at preteens, of lacking strict safety protocols for children, which exposes them to dangers such as ...