{"id":20887,"date":"2025-11-18T12:37:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/18\/roblox-to-block-children-from-talking-to-adult-strangers-after-string-of-lawsuits\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:37:16","slug":"roblox-to-block-children-from-talking-to-adult-strangers-after-string-of-lawsuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/18\/roblox-to-block-children-from-talking-to-adult-strangers-after-string-of-lawsuits\/","title":{"rendered":"Roblox to block children from talking to adult strangers after string of lawsuits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gaming platform to use facial age estimation to limit chats to similar age groups, as allegations of grooming grow<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s design has made \u201cchildren easy prey for paedophiles\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\nGaming platform to use facial age estimation to limit chats to similar age groups, as allegations of grooming grow
\nThe 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.
\nRoblox 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\u2019s design has made \u201cchildren easy prey for paedophiles\u201d. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 …<\/p>\n

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