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Roblox to block children from talking to adult strangers after string of lawsuits (www.theguardian.com)
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From next month it will start enforcing facial age estimation to allow children to chat with strangers only if they are in their broad age group.

Roblox compared its new system to school cohorts such as elementary, middle school and high school. It will be introduced first in Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands, where children will be blocked from privately chatting with adults they do not know in real life from next month, and in the rest of the world in early January.

Users will be placed into the following groups: under nine, nine to 12, 13 to 15, 16 to 17, 18 to 20, or 21 and over. Children will be able to chat only with others in their age group and similar ones. For example, a child with an estimated age of 12 will be able to chat only with under-16s. Images and video used for the checks would not be stored, Roblox said.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Totally sounds like it will only stops kids talking to adults but not adults talking to kids. The creeps already try to get their victims to communicate off-platform using unmoderated services. Unless this blocks the kids' from seeing the adults' messages, the adults trying to fuck with kids could just tell them to use a different messenger.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 points 9 hours ago

Fuck yeah! I can finally enjoy my Roblox without being harassed by children.

[–] lilas105@ttrpg.network 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It's funny how we can just browbeat people into doing what we want.

Rules and laws don't matter.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 0 points 9 hours ago

Are you mad that kids can't talk to you in Roblox anymore, or that nothing is being done legally about all the pedos in the game? 🤨

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I don't allow my kids to play it. It sucks, but the reality is the game has been captured by pedos. I saw too many questionable things when I watched them play. Invariably they will be unsupervised at some point, even for brief periods, so it is not worth the risk.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 9 hours ago

I came back to Roblox because I was tasked to spy on my brother. Seen shit, reported shit. To be fair, it was probably teens, judging by the behavior, but I really hate Roblox as a company.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 161 points 1 day ago (4 children)

From next month it will start enforcing facial age estimation to allow children to chat with strangers only if they are in their broad age group.

This is going to backfire spectacularly, what idiots.

[–] lilas105@ttrpg.network 5 points 14 hours ago

Gonna be funny when they get hacked and all that info leaks.

[–] Carmakazi@piefed.social 90 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Right on its face, is it even legal to collect head shots of minors? I know US privacy laws are a joke but there's usually some carve outs that protect minors.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 74 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's illegal to collect ANY data from children under 13. Facial scans are WAY worse than the anonymized use stats those laws were put in place to block

[–] lilas105@ttrpg.network 3 points 14 hours ago

It’s illegal to collect ANY data from children under 13.

Really?

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

Can't protect them too much, though. Otherwise, how would the pedo-in-chief and his ilk get a fresh crop of sex slaves?

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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 81 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

Problem: the game is getting a notoriety for being infested by pedophiles and the developers are actively protecting them.

Solution: send your photographs to the game infested by pedophiles to prove you are a real child!

Fucking. Incredible. If this was written in a manuscript, it would be tossed for being too cartoonishly unrealistic.

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[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (3 children)

See, what I figured out is that I don't have to let my son play Roblox. Sure, he might be the "weird" one who's dad doesn't let him. But he was going to be "weird" anyway. That's just how our lives work.

Plus you have AuADHD, having it myself, it makes you vulnerable to predators in ways you can't understand yet.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

We play by the same rule, everyone is weird, no judgement for immutable characteristics. Everyone has challenges, life is already hard, no reason to make it harder for someone.

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Hey there's maybe tens of us! Hello fellow reasonable parent!

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

FINALLY a good parent!

Please have more babies!

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Recognized as [teen]

[–] offspec@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Relevant username

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (18 children)

God forbid they just shut down the chat function??? Ffs

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[–] blave@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

So, Roblox is shutting down? The entire thing is a child sex crime, so unless they’re shutting down, nothing has changed

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (5 children)

after string of lawsuits.

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