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Roblox aims to stay 'ahead of the game' with online privacy, young users' safety

By Madeine Hughes and Mike Swift ( February 13, 2025, 00:01 GMT | Insight) -- As a fast-growing social platform focused on younger users, Roblox occupies a tricky regulatory space because its large audience skews so young, in a regulatory climate where the privacy and online safety of children and minors is increasingly being emphasized. Roblox executives said today that the company is trying to build cross-platform cooperation with competing platforms to flag threats to teens and children, that it is working more closely with law enforcement, and that it is sometimes narrowing access for its youngest users to online social spaces, even at the cost of losing audience.Roblox, the fast-growing social gaming network visited each day by a significant share of US teenagers, is moving to better protect the safety of minors on its platform, as the online privacy and safety of minors in general and on Roblox specifically faces legal scrutiny....

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