eSafety to directly test Roblox gaming platform’s child safety measures

Australia's online safety regulator will scrutinise the conduct of Roblox, amid concerns predators are continuing to target children on the gaming platform, despite the company saying it would crackdown on harmful users. In a statement, eSafety says it's notified Roblox it will test whether the gaming platform is upholding the nine safety commitments it made to the online safety regulator last year. Lisa given, professor of information sciences at RMIT says predators are exploiting gaps in the system.