In the briefing Kaufman called Roblox “one of the safest places online so that people could meet and spend time with friends and family.”
Kirra Pendergast, founder and general director of Sheltered in Social-W Organization of Online Safety operating all over the world-the latest security measures Roblox are largely profitable, and therefore by putting “responsibility to minors for risk identification and risk management, something that is contrary to everything that we know about the dynamics of care.” For example, features such as learning tool to estimate age can incorrectly categorize users as older or younger; Personal code scanning says: “It assumes that personal scanning of QR code is safe by nature.”
“Predators often use real care tactics,” says Pendergast. “The QR scan does not verify a trusted relationship. Predator can build online trust and then manipulate the child in scanning QR offline code, thus liming the” trusted connection “in the Roblox system. True protection would require Guardian cooperative any connections and not allowed the beloved by children. “
In addition, Pendergast says, trusted connections only apply to a chat that leaves “a large surface exposed, which makes it a fragile barrier.”
Asked how the personal QR code provides juvenile safety before the care tactics in the real world, Kaufman resembles a press comment that there is no “silver ball”. Instead, he says, many systems work. “These systems begin with our rules, our community standards,” says Kaufman. “This is our product that will automate the monitoring of things, it is our partnerships, people behind the scenes. So we have a whole package of things that are able to ensure security for people. This is not only the QR code, or not only estimating age, all this working in a concert.”
Kaufman says that Roblox “goes on” than other platforms, not allowing children aged 13 to 17 to unrefined communication without browsing trusted connections. “We think that we really set the world standard in what it means to have safe, open communication for teenagers.”
According to Roblox briefing, the updates are part of the typical Roblox development process and did not affect any special event “or opinions.” This is not a reaction, “said Kaufman. “This is part of our long -term plan to make Roblox as unthreatening as possible.”
Kaufman also tells Wired that increased control and discussion about the game did not have a dramatic impact on the company’s plans. “What we do with this advertisement is also trying to set the bar for what we think is suitable for children,” he says.
Looking at technology such as AI Generative, he says: “The technology may have changed, but the rules are still the same. We also look at artificial intelligence as a real opportunity to do some things that we do in safety when we think about moderation. AI is of key importance.”
At the briefing he said that Roblox thinks that it is important that parents and guardians “build a dialogue” with children about online safety. “It’s about discussions about where they spend time online, who their friends are and what they do,” said Kaufman. “This discussion is probably the most significant thing to provide people with safety, and we invest in tools to make it happen.” He added that Roblox is aware that families have different expectations for proper online behavior. “If parents decide what is suitable for their child, it may not match the decisions that we can make or make their own family,” he said. “But this is fine and we respect this difference.”