Roblox to block children from talking to adult strangers after string of lawsuits
by Robert Booth UK technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#71J0J)
Gaming platform to use facial age estimation to limit chats to similar age groups, as allegations of grooming grow
The online games platform Roblox is to start blocking children from talking to adult and much older teen strangers from next month as it faces fresh lawsuits alleging it has been exploited by predators to groom children as young as seven.
Roblox has reached 150 million daily players of games including viral hits Grow a Garden and Steal a Brainrot but has been hit by legal claims alleging the system's design has made children easy prey for paedophiles".
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