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Title: Roblox cracks down on its user-created content following multiple
child safety lawsuits

Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 19:34:52 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/roblox-cra...

Following a wave of lawsuits alleging that Roblox doesn't provide a safe
environment for its underage users, the gaming platform made a series of
sweeping updates to its policies. To address recent concerns, Roblox
published a post on its website detailing these major changes, including
restricting all unrated experiences, which is what Roblox calls its user-
generated games, to the developer or those actively working with them. Roblox
said this change will roll out in the coming months, representing a big shift
from its previous policy that allowed users 13 or older to access unrated
experiences.

To further prevent any inappropriate behavior, any "social hangout"
experiences that depict private spaces, like bedrooms or bathrooms, will be
limited to ID-verified users who are 17 or older. Roblox will also restrict
social hangout games that mostly take place in those previously-mentioned
private spaces or adult-only places, like bars or clubs, to users who are at
least 17 and have been ID-verified. To assist with the new rules, Roblox will
roll out a new tool that automatically detects "violative scenes," or more
simply, user activity that goes against the rules. According to Roblox's new
policies, a server that hits enough violations will automatically get taken
down and will have to work with the Roblox team to adjust the experience and
get it back online.

These policy changes come after several lawsuits were filed against Roblox
that claim the game doesn't protect its younger users. In response to the
lawsuit filed by Louisiana's attorney general, Roblox wrote in a separate
post that it works to block any efforts at exploitative behavior and
constantly enhances its moderation approaches.

"Any assertion that Roblox would intentionally put our users at risk of
exploitation is simply untrue," the company statement read. "No system is
perfect and bad actors adapt to evade detection, including efforts to take
users to other platforms, where safety standards and moderation practices may
differ.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/roblox-cra...
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