Australia says Roblox hasn’t fixed its child predator problem

August 20, 2026 Jay Peters

Illustration of the Roblox wordmark logo in green

Roblox is promising more changes to its child safety features following testing from Australia's online safety regulator, eSafety.

eSafety has been looking into concerns that the company hasn't been in compliance with Australia's Online Safety Act, including "allegedly failing to have sufficient measures in place to prevent contact between adults and children under 16." While Roblox has put some new safety measures in place, eSafety's testing this year found that the platform "continued to put children at risk, including allowing contact between children and adult strangers."

eSafety's testing found that:

adults could send connection req …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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