- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
Roblox accused of concocting illegal gambling ring for minors::Popular online gaming platform Roblox acts as an illegal gambling ring that preys on children, according to a purported class action brought by parents.
Surprise, the game company which does next to fuck all to stop predators grooming kids on their app… turns out they were also up to no good.
My niece was groomed on roblox aged 10 by a Russian man. From what I gather, she’s just one of many to have been abused through this game.
Can you elaborate on how it happened? My daughter is allowed to play on roblox but we have locked down the account with parental controls (as well as the phone). She can only add friends that she knows in real life, and no chatting through the game, only voice through a phone call.
I’d be interested to hear so I can see any cracks in my system.
Sorry, I wish I could share more info but my sister didn’t share much with me beyond the details of what happened.
He got her to take a topless pic, then blackmailed her that he’d tell her mum if she didn’t send more. Thank fuck she came forward to her mum sooner rather than later. Social services / child protection had to get involved, my sister was devastated as they made her feel like it was all her fault, and she felt she’d let her daughter down… obv as parent she has some responsibility but many people just weren’t aware of the tactics determined paedos use to get close to their kids online 7 years ago. She certainly isn’t a “be quiet and play with your iPad” parent, she’s a fantastic mum but dropped the ball with that one thing.
I guess it’s super, super, super important to have open lines of communication and normalise discussing ‘icky’ things, so that the kids know exactly what to look out for. Good on you for taking stringent measures.
Its why its inportant to always stress that online interactions arent regulated ratings wise. If any game or application has someone who can talk to another person, gotta do due dilligence on that.
Shit like the pedos using flipnote(an application on the nintendo 3ds) to talk to kids that was later canned for the most part in japan.