My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world
by Sarah Martin from Technology | The Guardian on (#718ER)
In seven days my young alter ego is cyberbullied and attacked while exploring clubs, casinos and horror games, all with parental controls in place. Is the platform safe for children - or an X-rated paedophile hellscape'?
I am an eight-year-old girl, standing near-naked in a room full of strangers.
As the room spins and zooms upon me and people glide around me, I clock my features.
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