A 13-year-old girl has been found in Georgia after allegedly being kidnapped, held against her will and raped by an adult man she met on Roblox. Police arrested Howard Graham after discovering he had convinced the girl to leave her home in Kansas-after just two days of speaking on the app-telling her he would pick her up.
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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.
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 ...
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.
Books cannot be hacked, but sadly, I've learned the hard way that a child's innocence can be just at the touch of a button.". A Roblox Corporation spokesperson told INSIDER that it found the people involved in the incident and permanently banned them from the platform.
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," ...