
"Your child, more importantly, is not going to just stumble across these links," he said. Matthew Johnson, director of education for Media Smarts in Ottawa, says a user would have to go out of their way looking for these condos in the gaming platform. How common is this in Roblox?Īlthough these types of sexually explicit spaces have been found on other platforms, in the case of Roblox, experts say these types of rooms are hard to come by. Still, experts say there are steps parents can take to both educate themselves and protect their children. Now, the company and the report are clear: the sexually explicit spaces are not allowed on the site, and taken down quickly - "typically … within a matter of minutes," Roblox told CBC News in a statement. The BBC report found some users created explicit rooms called "condo games" that may allow inappropriate conversations and activities between children and adults. The site, which has an estimated 150 million monthly active users, allows players to upload and play games and connect with friends - or strangers - using block-like avatars. For more information on how to create/change Group Roles/Ranks and Permissions, see Group Roles/Ranks and Permissions.Concerns about what children are exposed to online are nothing new, but this week brought to light another worrying possibility for parents.Īccording to a BBC investigation, Roblox, a popular online game played by children and adults, was reported to have sexually explicit rooms. To give other players permission to use this feature, you will need to assign permission to their current group ranking. You can also search for actions performed by any specific user, using the search box available along with the Action box. If you would like to just see certain types of changes (post deletions, kicking users.etc.), you can select this from the Filter by Action box. On the Group Audit page, you will be shown all activity in the group by default listed from the most recent change to the oldest change.


Click Groups, located in the navigation panel to the left.The Group Audit Log feature allows the group owner, and those with the proper permissions, to monitor changes regarding the group.
