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[–] 101 points 11 months ago (34 children)

I'd be far happier if they just shut down chat under 18. The pedos will find a way to get through otherwise.

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  • [–] 40 points 11 months ago (30 children)

    ...and how do you verify that chatters are over 18?

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

    While I don't love age verification, taking 3d webcam scans from adults won't create a catalog of kids.

    edit: and to clarify, IDGAF about chat ID verifications for almost all sites, but Roblox is marketed explicitly toward and occupied by children.

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  • [–] 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    no amount of age verification/id controls is stopping bad parents from failing their kids, it's a pointless waste of time which ultimately opens up these kids/people to being even more vulnerable when somebody hacks their database.

    if you run a business that provides some digital entertainment service to children, and facilitates their communication while using it...the only way your stopping groomers (or just generally keeping it from turning into a cesspool) is by actually paying people to moderate the chat rooms, simple as that

    and, atleast in an unregulated shithole like the US...the only way they'll do that is if they end up being held liable under some class action lawsuit

    small communities like this are work because the population using it is still relatively small

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    either way you're creating a database of people's faces. it's gonna be handled by a third party no matter what so whether you're above or below the cutoff is just a flag.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (22 children)

    Ask for verification only to enable chat. So at least in theory it's only adults.

    Or, you know; don't.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (21 children)

    i mean, to matter which way you go you'll have created a database of people's real identities. which is a problem.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (20 children)

    Yeah but at least it wouldn't be mostly children.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (19 children)

    did you bypass verification prompts as a child? so will they.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (18 children)

    Yes, and Ana von mcfakenamesdottir the third, born jan1 1900 will be in the database forever.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (17 children)

    hah.

    personally i think a big part of the problem is that real-name identification for things that shouldn't need it is just sort of accepted, rather than being criticised as the massive invasion of privacy that it is. whether it includes children or not is a side note in my mind.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (16 children)

    Oh absolutely, and we should go back to 1990s anonymity

    But here we are. Everything has an endoscope.

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  • [–] 65 points 11 months ago

    ... to access chat features.

    I'm going to go ahead and click 'No'

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  • [–] 59 points 11 months ago

    How nice to ask kids who cannot consent to share pictures with that company…

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  • [–] 48 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    No? Still no flags popping up? Bells ringing? Alright, I'm sure this is fine too. It's keeping an eye on protecting the kids at least.

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  • [–] 41 points 11 months ago

    Getting an early start on cataloging with facial recognition.

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  • [–] 41 points 11 months ago

    Pedo app asking for pictures of children. Ban Roblox already, Jesus Crist.

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  • [–] 34 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Looks like they are building a menu...

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  • [–] 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    How will it combat AI generated profile pictures? They're literally everywhere now, I'm seeing them in brainrot mobile games even.

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  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago

    What could go wrong

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    "Sir, people keep using our service to get children to send them selfies! What do we do?"

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  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago

    Sounds like a great plan to me. I see no way this could go wrong.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    I'm disappointed this wasn't the onion when I had to check.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Yum yum, get those kiddy pics!

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    [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    What could possibly go wrong?

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    There are too many people on the internet, let alone children.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Didnt the pedo hunter guy prepare to go to war against Robloxs?

    Was expecting a documentary on a streaming network

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