Roblox Looks to Game Ratings to Solve Its Sexual Content Problem

Roblox may have launched in 2006, but right now it's more popular than it's ever been. It's a game creation platform that lets players create, play, and chat together.

Roblox has over 30 million daily users and more than half of those are aged under 13. To better protect them, the company says it will introduce a rating system to better inform users and parents about what each game contains.

Roblox to Introduce Game Ratings to Protect Children

There are over 40 million games on Roblox, some of which have been played over a billion times.

Currently, Roblox curates the games it offers, only letting children play games it thinks are appropriate. It does this through human and AI moderation, with around 2,300 people at the company involved in manual review.

Talking to The Wall Street Journal, Roblox's chief privacy officer Remy Malan says the company is working on an age rating system. It would provide more information about what type of content a game includes, which will help parents make more informed decisions on what their child can play.

There's no word as to when this rating system might be introduced, but it'll be a welcome addition to the platform which has long had a problem of exposing children to sexual imagery and language, despite its filtering system.

As with every online space, taking time to educate your child about internet safety is the best way to keep them protected.

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