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Australia asks for meeting with Roblox after grooming, content complaints
Australia's eSafety Commissioner will test Roblox's child-safety measures amid ongoing reports of harmful content and grooming, with fines up to A$49.5 million possible for non-compliance.
- On Monday, Communications Minister Anika Wells requested an urgent meeting with Roblox over reports children faced sexually explicit and suicidal content on its platform with more than 150 million daily users.
- The eSafety Commissioner will pressure-test nine safety commitments Roblox made in 2025, including making under-16 accounts private by default and blocking adult contact without parental consent after extensive 2024-2025 engagement.
- Since last November, Roblox has implemented age verification controls rolled out globally with facial-recognition age checks, filters blocking personal info sharing, and no user-to-user image or video sharing.
- The government has asked the Classification Board to review Roblox's 2018 PG rating, and eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said deficiencies could trigger penalties of up to $49.5 million.
- New codes taking effect on March 9 will require gaming services to prohibit grooming, sexual extortion and non-consensual image sharing, highlighting the need for a digital duty of care.
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Australia Puts Roblox on Notice Amid Child Grooming Claims
The federal government has put online gaming platform Roblox on notice following reports that children are being approached and groomed by predators on the service. Communications Minister Anika Wells said she has sought an urgent meeting with Roblox executives, raising concerns about “graphic and gratuitous user-generated content,” including sexually explicit and suicidal material. “[I] have seen the reports that there are paedophiles on this p…
Australia asks for meeting with Roblox after grooming, content complaints
The Australian government has called a meeting with gaming platform Roblox over reports of child grooming and exposure to graphic content on the platform, while a regulator said it will test whether Roblox had delivered on child-safety commitments.
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Government seeks urgent meeting with Roblox over predator claims
Communications Minister Anika Wells has written to social gaming platform Roblox, requesting an urgent meeting about “graphic and gratuitous user-generated content” on the platform, including sexually explicit and suicidal material. “Even more disturbing are ongoing reports and concerns about children being approached and groomed by predators, who actively seek to exploit their curiosity and innocence,” Wells’ letter says, as reported by the AB…
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