The US Senate are investigating Roblox for prioritising "revenue and engagement metrics over the safety and well-being of our children" Company given till 31st August to hand over key documents US senators have launched an investigation of game creation platform Roblox on a broad charge of putting money before child safety. They accuse Roblox of being a venue for "sexually explicit (and often violent) virtual 'experiences' with children", and have requested a range of documents and records, including details of the company's collaborations with Sesame Street, the NFL and FIFA. All that's from a letter sent to Roblox CEO David Baszucki by Republican senator Josh Hawley and Democrat senator Richard J. We look forward to sharing the facts about how we work to protect children on the platform.” Read this next - Roblox causes Wall Street value estimators to cry themselves a $9 billion puddle, as a result of pushing less kids towards aggressively monetised viral games - Roblox announce plans to let people AI generate basic games using text prompts stuck into a mobile app, but claim that won't fill their homepage with AI slop - Fortnite boss hopes to take on Roblox's massive everythingverse with a "very different" massive everythingverse, as Epic unveil genAI-infused Unreal Engine 6
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