The default setting upon creating an account can expose an eight-year-old to ‘experiences’ of strippers leading naked men on a leash across the floor and couples having sex.A five-year-old can sign up with no email or parental permission and access games where their character may be sexually assaulted.Roblox still allows adult strangers to direct message, chat, and “friend” children – even with case after case of children being groomed and abused through the platform, like this 9-year-old girl who was abused and exploited by two predators who befriended her on Roblox. How is it possible that a $2.2 billion platform with children under age 13 comprising the largest demographic (and therefore a substantial percentage of revenue) has not embraced common sense child protection measures? Roblox should be leading the industry in the highest safety standards – but instead, it’s leaving young users at grave risk on a platform many parents and kids themselves assume is safe. While these incidences happen in the virtual world, the negative effects on kids is devastatingly real. Tragically, this is not an isolated incident – since Roblox’s inception, countless children have been sexually abused and exploited by predators they met on Roblox.Ĭhildren are also exposed to highly sexualized content and themes – children’s avatars have been raped, “condo” games revolve around sex (interactive pornography), and kids can enter virtual “strip clubs.” These are prime areas for grooming and they also normalize this type of activity to children. In December 2022, he was kidnapped, taken across state lines, and sexually assaulted before the authorities intervened and thankfully brought him home. The abuser coaxed him to move to other apps like Discord and Twitter, where the grooming continued. At 13, a Utah boy fell v ictim to a predator on Roblox, a game his parents thought was safe.
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