A 7-year-old girl's character was raped in the popular children's game "Roblox," and her mom's post about it went viral. She warned that the game's moderation tools aren't enough, and parents should supervise children when they're gaming online. The incident also reveals that the communities for games like "Roblox" can have a toxic underbelly.
Amber Petersen was reading a book to her 7-year-old daughter last week, who was playing "Roblox" on her iPad at the same time. It's a multiplayer kids' game where players build characters and worlds, not unlike "Minecraft," and has more than 64 million active monthly players.
Roblox. "Roblox" has a gaming community that's filled with trolls. It's a theme you'll see repeated in the game's official online forum and its Reddit forum. One player summed it up in the comments to Petersen's viral post. "Roblox has one of the most toxic gaming communities out there, trolling and harassment like this is very common ...
She warned that the game's moderation tools aren't enough, and parents should supervise children when they're gaming online. The incident also reveals that the communities for games like "Roblox" can have a toxic underbelly.
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A MUM has warned parents to keep their children away from online gaming platform Roblox after witnessing her daughter being “gang raped” in one of the service’s games. Amber Peter…
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After attacking her daughter's avatar, the other players ran away in the game. Petersen said Roblox, which is recommended for children ages 7 and up, has moderators and privacy settings to shield out inappropriate content. But they apparently didn't catch this incident.
Amber Petersen/Facebook. A 7-year-old girl's character was raped in the popular children's game "Roblox," and her mom's post about it went viral. She warned that the game's moderation tools aren't enough, and parents should supervise children when they're gaming online.
The incident also reveals that the communities for games like "Roblox" can have a toxic underbelly. Amber Petersen was reading a book to her 7-year-old daughter last week, who was playing "Roblox" on her iPad at the same time. It's a multiplayer kids' game where players build characters and worlds, not unlike "Minecraft," ...
As a part of Roblox's goal to maintain a safe and happy community, an automatic message is sent out to users who utilize Roblox to articulate their struggles with life and possibly the intent of ending their own life.
In most cases, on PC, the user is unable to leave the game by clicking the "X" button in the top right, and when manually closing Roblox using Task Manager, the audio continues to play, even after the Roblox Player is supposedly closed. Only the official Roblox account will send Roblox Suicidal Help Messages.
After attacking her daughter's avatar, the other players ran away in the game. Petersen said Roblox, which is recommended for children ages 7 and up, has moderators and privacy settings to shield out inappropriate content. But they apparently didn't catch this incident.
Amber Petersen/Facebook. A 7-year-old girl's character was raped in the popular children's game "Roblox," and her mom's post about it went viral. She warned that the game's moderation tools aren't enough, and parents should supervise children when they're gaming online.
The incident also reveals that the communities for games like "Roblox" can have a toxic underbelly. Amber Petersen was reading a book to her 7-year-old daughter last week, who was playing "Roblox" on her iPad at the same time. It's a multiplayer kids' game where players build characters and worlds, not unlike "Minecraft," ...