By Sean Maguire ( October 2, 2026, 06:57 GMT | Insight) -- Australia’s online-safety watchdog has urged Roblox, Mojang Studios, Epic Games and Valve to strengthen child protections after finding gaps in age checks, harmful-content detection and information sharing. Despite recent improvements, the watchdog said it would pursue the gaps and could investigate compliance with Australia’s online safety codes and standards. The developers of Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite and Steam are facing calls from Australia’s online-safety watchdog to strengthen protections against child sexual exploitation and violent extremist content....
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