Australia Secures Court-Enforceable Child Safety Undertaking From Roblox
The regulator said testing found adults could still contact children and see their profiles, prompting a court-enforceable undertaking and an independent audit.
- Australia's eSafety Commissioner secured a legally binding agreement from Roblox to improve child safety after the platform failed to prevent adults from contacting children under 16 without parental consent.
- Tests found adults could send connection requests to young Australian children on Roblox, and children's profiles and personal information were publicly visible with no option to restrict visibility.
- Roblox must strengthen default privacy settings, prevent unknown adults from contacting children without parental consent, provide complaint reporting mechanisms with outcome notifications, and hire an independent third-party auditor within three months.
- The eSafety Commissioner warned that further enforcement action will be taken if Roblox does not meet its commitments to improve safety measures, including age-estimation technology.
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