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Roblox should be snared by Australia social media ban for under-16s: experts/MPs
- duxup 1y agoI feel like these kinda bans are just going to make government busy work ... and sort of play out like a weird e-prohibition. So kids now know to create a new email and say they're not under 16 ... So now whatever sub 16 guardrails for kids might have been won't be there because they look like adult accounts and same problem, maybe worse.
- toomuchtodo 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_safety_on_Roblox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_safety_on_Roblox > The platform implemented a rehaul of its friend system with age verification through facial recognition or through a government-issued ID.
- duxup 1y agoNo kids could ever defeat that right? Not with infinite amounts of time and will?
- toomuchtodo 1y agoKids? Unlikely in my opinion. NIST SP 800-63A speaks to this if interested. Perfect is not the goal, only good enough for scale.
- toomuchtodo 1y agoAustralia’s social media age restrictions are already working — and they haven’t even started yet - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45852737 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45852737 - November 2025
- keernan 1y ago>>While playing as an eight-year-old girl, the reporter was given a sexualised avatar, cyberbullied, aggressively killed, sexually assaulted and shat on – all with parental control settings in place. This is the real story - not the actions by Australia.