Australia says Roblox hasn’t fixed its child predator problem

澳大利亚称 Roblox 尚未解决其儿童掠夺者问题

Roblox is promising more changes to its child safety features following testing from Australia’s online safety regulator, eSafety. 在澳大利亚在线安全监管机构 eSafety 进行测试后，Roblox 承诺对其儿童安全功能进行更多改进。

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 一直在调查有关该公司未遵守澳大利亚《在线安全法》的担忧，其中包括“涉嫌未能采取足够的措施来防止成年人与 16 岁以下儿童之间的接触”。尽管 Roblox 已经实施了一些新的安全措施，但 eSafety 今年的测试发现，该平台“继续将儿童置于风险之中，包括允许儿童与成年陌生人接触”。

eSafety’s testing found that: eSafety 的测试发现：

adults could send connection requests to young Australian children without parental or carer consent;
成年人可以在未经父母或监护人同意的情况下向澳大利亚幼童发送好友请求；
children and adults could view and respond to one another’s posts on forums outside game environments without parental or carer consent;
在未经父母或监护人同意的情况下，儿童和成年人可以在游戏环境之外的论坛上查看并回复彼此的帖子；
children’s connections were visible to anyone on the Roblox platform;
儿童的好友列表对 Roblox 平台上的任何人可见；
children’s profiles and biographies, including account names, number and names of connections, avatar images, and non-sensitive biographical information such as their interests were visible to anyone on the Roblox platform, with no option to restrict the visibility of this information.
儿童的个人资料和简介（包括账户名称、好友数量和姓名、头像以及兴趣等非敏感个人信息）对 Roblox 平台上的任何人可见，且无法限制这些信息的可见性。

Roblox believes it meets its Online Safety Act obligations, according to eSafety. But the company will be adding further safety measures that include: 据 eSafety 称，Roblox 认为其符合《在线安全法》的义务。但该公司将增加进一步的安全措施，包括：

preventing adults from contacting unknown children without parental consent;
防止成年人在未经父母同意的情况下联系不认识的儿童；
strengthening the account settings of children’s accounts so they are private by default;
加强儿童账户的设置，使其默认处于私密状态；
accessible reporting mechanisms that notify users of complaint outcomes;
提供易于使用的举报机制，并通知用户投诉结果；
engaging an independent third-party auditor to assess the effectiveness of its safety measures, including the deployment of its age-estimation measures.
聘请独立的第三方审计机构来评估其安全措施的有效性，包括其年龄估算措施的部署情况。

“This undertaking follows constructive dialogue with eSafety, Australia’s online safety regulator, and reflects our commitment to working with regulators and policymakers around the world to help keep kids safe online,” Nicky Jackson Colaço, Roblox’s global head of public policy, says in a statement. “Our recent rollout of industry leading safety features on Roblox, including Roblox Kids and Select accounts tailored specifically for users under 16, is one of many examples of this commitment.” Roblox 全球公共政策主管 Nicky Jackson Colaço 在一份声明中表示：“这一承诺是在与澳大利亚在线安全监管机构 eSafety 进行建设性对话后做出的，反映了我们致力于与全球监管机构和政策制定者合作，帮助保障儿童在线安全的决心。我们最近在 Roblox 上推出的行业领先的安全功能，包括专门为 16 岁以下用户量身定制的 Roblox Kids 和 Select 账户，就是这一承诺的众多例证之一。”

In the US, Roblox is under investigation by a Senate subcommittee and has been sued by multiple states over alleged child safety issues, though it has settled some state lawsuits. 在美国，Roblox 正受到参议院小组委员会的调查，并因涉嫌儿童安全问题被多个州起诉，尽管它已经和解了部分州的诉讼。