Roblox is ‘hunting ground for child sex predators,’ new lawsuit claims

[Jim Burton]

Roblox to roll out "facial age estimation technology" for everyone, after US prosecutor dubbed it "the perfect place for pedophiles"

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/roblox ... pedophiles

[TayFerret]

Roblox is so boring. If a kid is really into that game, it's a bit of a turn-off for me.

[Officerkrupke]

Roblox is so boring. If a kid is really into that game, it's a bit of a turn-off for me.

There are fun games on there but you have to dig a bit.

[Not Forever]

Roblox is so boring. If a kid is really into that game, it's a bit of a turn-off for me.

I’ve never played it, but I love the imagery created on YouTube. Stories of kids in dystopian worlds undergoing experiments that turn them into monsters. I have no idea which mini-game they’re inspired by, but I like the adolescent sadism present there.

[Jim Burton]

Meta ignored child sex abuse in VR, say whistleblowers

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/ ... tleblowers

In one case, abusers coordinated to set up a virtual strip club in the app Roblox and pay underage users the in-game currency, ‘Robux’, to have their avatars strip in the environment. Savage said she told Meta not to allow the app on its VR platform. “You can now download it in their app store,” she added.

This isn’t the first time that Meta has been accused of ignoring harm to children. In November 2023, a former employee warned that the company had ignored sexual dangers for children on Instagram, testifying that his own child had received unsolicited explicit pictures. In 2021, former employee Frances Haugen accused the company of downplaying risks to young users.

Facebook has reportedly referred to the “claims at the heart” of the hearing as “nonsense”.

[Jim Burton]

Roblox locks down under-16s' accounts

https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2025/robl ... ounts.html

[Jim Burton]

https://newschannel9.com/news/local/ala ... n-grooming

https://www.gmtoday.com/daily_news/news ... 6f504.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ro ... rcna231049

[Jim Burton]

Just from a quick skim, much has been made of his decoy operations, but his back-story even doesn't sound like one. Hurr durr, roblox developer predator, grooming. Will it hold up in court? I can't say for sure it will fail, these days.

https://www.ksl.com/article/51372749/it ... ator-busts

YouTuber Schlep, who is banned from Roblox, is warning parents about child predators on the platform.

Schlep exposed predators trading child sexual abuse material for Robux, which led to six arrests.

Critics continue to accuse Roblox of prioritizing legal threats over child safety.

[...]

Schlep, who is now 22, began documenting predators in Roblox who went by names such as "BabyBreeder9," "PeduRayPvist," "MAP4AAM" (AAM means "adult attracted minor") and "YoungNFertile."

[Jim Burton]

What makes the notorious game Roblox dangerous for children?

https://baku.ws/en/this-is-interesting/ ... r-children

Roblox is a platform where users create their own games, worlds, and projects, and other players can join them. The game has extensive social features: chat, friendship, cooperative gameplay, in-game purchases. This provides many opportunities but also creates risks.