Roblox announced new restrictions that seeks to reduce the exposure of younger users to inappropriate content and behaviors through the limitation of access to unqualified experiences and social experiences.
The platform implemented a “new technology” that will detect the behaviors that violate its policies within the experiences, for example, a drawing tool that users use inadequately to create inappropriate content.
In case of detecting “A high volume of offenders“On a given server, the company ensures that the system will automatically deactivate it, as reported in a shared statement in its official blog.
This measure joins a new restriction that will arrive in the coming months, in this case in unqualified experiences, which will force the Developers to have a content maturity label so that they can be widely available.
To get the label, developers must complete a ‘maturity and compliance questionnaire’, and with it, both users and parents can know if they are facing adequate content for them and their children.
Roblox also announced a restriction for social features, in which users can chat between them or with avatar. Specifically, it will focus on those that represent private spaces, such as a bedroom or a bathroom, or that represent spaces only for adults, such as bars or discos, which will only be accessible to users with verified identity that are over 17 years old.
“While these configurations do not violate our current policies, we have observed higher rates of inappropriate behavior in them, so we are further restricting access to some of them to our youngest users “they explain from Roblox.
