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25.05.26 - 02:51
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Child Safety Groups Urge FTC To Investigate Roblox (ZeroHedge)
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Child Safety Groups Urge FTC To Investigate Roblox
Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Two child safety groups filed a complaint against online interactive gaming platform Roblox with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on May 20, alleging that children face sexual and financial harm on the platform.
A boy poses for a photo while holding a game pad in front of a screen displaying the logo of the children's gaming platform Roblox, in this illustration taken on Dec. 8, 2025. Ramil Sitdikov/Illustration/Reuters
Filed by nonprofits National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) and Fairplay, the complaint claims that certain Roblox features are "developmentally inappropriate for the platform's massive young user base and pose a substantial risk of harm." Such features include engagement-maximizing design features, a complex virtual currency system that can result in more user spending, and chat and communication features that expose children to sexual exploitation....
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24.05.26 - 03:48
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Die besten Metaverse Aktien 2023 (Verumo)
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Seit Mark Zuckerberg Facebook in Meta umbenannte, ist das Metaverse in aller Munde. Spiele wie Fortnite, Roblox oder Minecraft gelten als Vorreiter. Tech-Giganten wie Microsoft, Meta oder Nvidia entwickeln eigene Visionen dieser virtuellen Realität. Doch nach hohen Verlusten bei Meta bleibt die Frage: Trendwende oder Totgeburt?...
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20.05.26 - 13:36
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Advocacy Groups Seek FTC Probe Into Roblox for Kid Spending (Bloomberg)
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The National Center on Sexual Exploitation and Fairplay, two advocacy groups focused on child safety, are asking the US Federal Trade Commission to investigate Roblox Corp.'s game mechanics, which they claim coerce kids into spending unreasonable amounts of money on the platform....
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20.05.26 - 12:30
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Online child safety campaigners call for US inquiry into Roblox (The Guardian)
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Groups claim game platform's design and business model conflict with children's developmental needsOnline child safety campaigners including Jonathan Haidt, the bestselling writer on the mental health impacts of social media, have called on the Trump administration to investigate Roblox, the booming gaming and chat platform used by 150 million people daily, including a large number of under-13s.Haidt's Anxious Generation Movement, Fairplay and the rightwing anti-pornography National Center on Sexual Exploitation are among groups claiming Roblox's design and business model conflict with children's developmental needs. Continue reading......
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