The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is demanding that Roblox, a popular kids gaming platform, remove a newly launched Roblox Connect feature which, enables children and adults to connect through voice call.
Roblox is already on NCOSE’s 2023 Dirty Dozen List of mainstream contributors to sexual exploitation.
In March, a 40-year-old California man was arrested after traveling across the country to sexually abuse a 14-year-old he met and groomed on Roblox.Â
And in April, a 14-year-old girl from Ohio was sexually assaulted by a man she met on Roblox. The man posed as a 17-year-old on the platform and convinced the girl to send him nude images before picking her up from school and sexually assaulting her.
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Although the non-profit NCOSE has called on Roblox and its CEO and founder David Baszucki to implement safety measures to protect young users, it has not.Â
Instead, the company is now making it easier for sexual predators to contact children.Â
“Voice chats are a known method predators use for grooming – as it is near impossible to monitor them. There have been
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