Roblox on Thursday announced that it was launching new security measures for people between the ages of 13 and 18. The company is starting “reliable connection” to allow these users to connect more independently with those that they know, age estimates technology, more privacy equipment, and insight to the teenagers’ parents.
Roblox has come under fire in recent years how it handles child safety. In April, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeyer Released a sabpona In response to those reports, for Roblox that children were exposed to harmful materials on the stage and that the hunters were able to convey the message to minors on the adult app.
The changes announced on Thursday are part of efforts to please both MPs and parents of Robox. Roblox comes to adolescent-centered updates after eight months of launching security for users under the age of 13.
The name of “friends” for Roblox “connection” is changing and launching “reliable connection” to allow teenagers to chat with them more independently. With reliable connections, users can chat without filter.
“The system determines that there are 13+, which will have access to more expressive chat features with their reliable connections,” in a briefing with reporters, Ryan Ebanks, Senior Product Manager of Robox, in a briefing. “This additional freedom reduces the encouragement for adolescents to transfer conversations from the stage where they may be exposed to higher risk.”
Roblox notes that interaction between reliable connections is constantly monitored for significant damage (eg, grooming). In addition, parents can see who is associated with their teenagers as a reliable connection.
To unlock relocated reliable connections, users need to use the new age estimation technique of the platform to verify their age by taking selfie videos; They have to get at least 13 years of estimate to reach a reliable connection. Roblox notes that if the system is unable to verify age with high confidence, then their age will remain unconfirmed. If the user does not pass age estimates, they can confirm their age with ID verification.
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13 to 17 users who confirm their age can add each other as a reliable connection. Unfiltred communication and adolescents between users aged 18 and above are blocked until a real -life relationship is verified through a QR code.
The company plans to support the user’s access to age-appointed features and materials to use age estimates on their platforms.
For new privacy devices, teenagers can now decide whether they can see if they are online. They can only set it to appear on their connections, followers, someone or everyone on Roblox. They can now also set a window during which information pushed from Roblox is silent.
Roblox is giving the parents to a suit of tools to use their child’s use and appearance on the stage. Parents can now see who their teenagers are connected to, as well as how much time they spend on stage and in which game. In addition, parents can notify when their teen makes a certain transaction on Roblox.
“We know that parents are extremely busy, and so we have really designed to be quick to be quick that the parents can expect to fit their busy schedule,” said Dina Lamdney, senior product manager at Robox, said, in briefing.
