Roblox offers new guarantees for young people, including age assessment technology

Roblox announced on Thursday that it launches new guarantees for people between the ages of 13 and 18. The company provides “reliable communications” to allow these users to contact more freely with the people they know, along with age assessment technology, more privacy tools, and visions of teenage fathers.

Roblox is shot in recent years how he dealt with the safety of the child. In April, the Public Prosecutor of Florida James Othiar Call For Roblox in response to reports that children were subjected to harmful materials on the platform and that predators were able to palace the messages of the application.

The changes announced on Thursday are likely to be part of the Roblox efforts to satisfy both legislators and fathers. The update, which focuses on adolescents, comes eight months after Robox I launched protection For users under the age of 13.

Roblox renames “friends” to “Etisalat” and launch “reliable communications” to allow teenagers to communicate more freely in chatting and editing with people who trust them. With reliable connections, users can chat without filters.

“Users who determine the system is that 13+ will get more expressive chat features with their reliable communications,” Ryan Ebanks, Roblox Chief Product Manager at Roblox, told a reporter with reporters. “This additional freedom reduces the incentive of teenagers to transfer reactions outside the platform as they may be at greater risk.”

Roblox notes that conversations between reliable communications are proactive to obtain crucial damage (for example, grooming). In addition, parents can see who a teenager associates as a reliable connection.

To cancel reliable communications insurance, users need to use the new age estimation technology to check their age by taking a personal photo video; They must receive at least 13 years to reach reliable communications. Roblox notes that if the system is unable to check with a lifetime with high confidence, it will remain uncertain. If the user does not go through the age, he can confirm his age while checking the identity.

Users from 13 to 17 who have confirmed their age can add each other as a reliable contact. Unprecedented communication is banned between users between the ages of 18 and above and adolescents unless a realistic relationship is verified in advance through the fast response code.

The company plans to use the age estimate through the statute to support the user’s access to the appropriate features and content for age.

As for new privacy tools, teenagers can now determine who can know if they are on the Internet. They can set this to be visible to their connections, followers, no one, or everyone on Roblox. They can now set a window during which Roblox payments are silenced.

Roblox allows access to a set of tools to understand their child’s use and presence on the platform. Parents can now see who a teenager is associated with, as well as how long the teenager spends on the platform and in any games. In addition, parents can choose to be notified when their teenagers make a certain treatment on Roblox.

“We know that parents are very busy, so we have designed this to be fast in a quick look that parents can fit with their crowded tables,” Dina Lamadi, Chief Product Manager at Roblox said at the briefing conference.