Roblox shocks: online gaming platform should be snared by Australia’s social media ban for under-16s, experts and MPs say

Pressure mounts on Labor in wake of Guardian Australia report documenting reporter’s week of virtual sexual harassment and violence while posing as a child avatarGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere are growing calls for the federal government to address the risks posed to children on the popular gaming platform Roblox after Guardian Australia published a report that documented a week of virtual sexual harassment and violence.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. Continue reading...

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