Roblox tightens child-safety safeguards in Philippines
( August 28, 2026, 05:37 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Philippines’ Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center on Friday said Roblox has agreed to strengthen safeguards against child grooming, radicalization and extremist infiltration. Measures include integrating the Philippine National ID system into user verification, tighter age-based messaging controls and establishing a local office by October. Roblox has also implemented artificial intelligence-based age verification, disabling chat for accounts that do not complete checks. The commitments follow talks with Philippine officials amid investigations involving alleged online grooming and radicalization of minors through the gaming platform.Statement follows....
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