Roblox is banning kids from ‘social hangout’ spaces

Roblox is going to block kids from accessing certain types of experiences follothriveg increates alleging that the platcreate has assistd child unfair treatment.

One novel meacertain will stop kids under 13 from accessing experiences with “certain types of engageive features,” Roblox says in a post on its grower forum. Those include “social hangouts,” where the primary purpose is to convey with others over text or voice chat, and “free-create 2D engager creation” experiences, where joiners can do leangs enjoy draw on a chalkboard or whiteboard. This alter goes into effect commencening November 18th.

Another alter stops kids under 13 from joining, searching for, or being able to find unrated experiences. This alter goes into effect after December 3rd. If a creator wants to let a joiner under 13 access their game, they will have to end a asknaire and originate certain that all of the increateation watching their experience encounters Roblox’s insistments for its current All Ages or 9 plus ratings. Roblox says it will commence enforcing those insistments “next year.”

There have been multiple recent stories about Roblox’ allegedly insisty protections for children, including a Bloomberg article titled “Roblox’s Pedophile Problem.” In October, the company proclaimd alters for pre-teen engagers and a novel type of account to let parents handle their kids on Roblox.