Illustration: The Verge A popular financial newsletter is accusing Roblox of allowing large-scale child sexual exploitation and inappropriate content on its platform, drawing on years of media reports. The allegations are detailed in The Bear Cave, a short selling newsletter - but Roblox says The Bear Cave's founder is highlighting rare instances of abuse to profit by making the service look bad.This article contains misleading, irresponsible and in many cases false accusations about Roblox to further the author's motives as a short seller," Eric Porterfield, Roblox's senior director of policy communications, told The Verge. We reject the claim that child endangerment is a widespread or systemic problem on Roblox, and millions of people have a safe and... Continue reading...

Illustration: The Verge Roblox is making some potentially major changes that will limit what pre-teens can access and give parents more control over what their kids do on the platform, according to an email sent by the company and shared with The Verge. The changes follow recent reports highlighting how Roblox has failed to protect children.In July, for example, Bloomberg published a big report about predators on the platform. Turkey blocked access to Roblox in August, saying it was a necessary measure to protect its children. (Roblox said this week that it would open an office in the country if access was restored.) Earlier this month, a popular financial newsletter accused Roblox of enabling child abuse and the investment firm Hindenburg Research alleged... Continue reading...

Illustration: The Verge Roblox is starting to roll out some recently-announced child safety features, and the updates include some new limitations for how users under 13 can communicate on the platform. Beginning Monday, users younger than 13 won't be able to DM players outside of games or experiences on Roblox. And they'll need parental permission to be able to send in-game DMs - though this change won't be fully implemented across the platform until the first quarter of 2025.The changes follow recent reports highlighting instances of Roblox failing to protect children. A big article from Bloomberg described how predators on the platform use chat to communicate with kids. And a report from Hindenburg Research described Roblox as an X-rated pedophile... Continue reading...