Roblox Faces Criticism for Inadequate Safeguards Against Adult Contact with Minors

Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, stated on Thursday that Roblox has not effectively blocked adults from contacting children, despite implementing changes last fall to prevent adults from messaging unknown minors. eSafety conducted tests earlier this year and identified significant gaps in Roblox's safety measures. The agency found that adult users could still send connection requests to children, whose profiles and biographies were visible to anyone on the platform without options to restrict this visibility. Additionally, these connection requests did not trigger parental alerts, allowing potential predators to search for more targets among children's visible contact lists.