Roblox reaches $35 million settlement over child safety concerns

WOULD ACTUALLY QUALIFY.

WELL, LOTS HAS REACHED A SERIES

OF SETTLEMENTS WITH STATES

TOTALING OVER 35 MILLION

DOLLARS. THE MONEY IS MEANT

TO RESOLVE INVESTIGATIONS INTO

CHILD SAFETY, PREDATOR ACCESS

AND INADEQUATE CONTENT.

MODERATION.

>> KELLY SABERI EXPLAINS OTHER

EFFORTS UNDER WAY TO ENFORCE

MORE REGULATIONS FOR SOCIAL

MEDIA PLATFORMS.

>> ALABAMA AND MISSOURI

ANNOUNCED SETTLEMENTS WITH THE

VIDEO GAME ROADBLOCKS FOLLOWING

SEPARATE INVESTIGATIONS INTO

ALLEGATIONS OF YOUNG USERS

BEING EXPLOITED TO PREDATORS

AND CONTENT ON THE PLATFORM.

ROBLOX WILL PAY A COMBINED.

23 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE

STATES AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL

12 MILLION TO NEVADA FOR A

SIMILAR SETTLEMENT REACHED LAST

WEEK AS CRITICISM TOWARDS THE

GAME GROWS. ROBLOX CEO DAVE

KEAST SAYS MOST USERS HAVE

HEALTHY EXPERIENCES ON THIS

PLATFORM EVERY DAY AND

ANNOUNCED NEW AGE BASED

ACCOUNTS TO BOLSTER ITS CURRENT

CHILD SAFETY MEASURES. ONCE

THEY AGE CHECK.

>> WE'LL PUT THEM IN THE

APPROPRIATE ACCOUNT, INCLUDING

KIDS ACCOUNTS, SELECT ACCOUNTS

OR 16 AND UP ACCOUNTS.

>> MEANWHILE, A BROADER CALL

FOR YOUTH SAFETY MEASURES

ACROSS THE ENTIRE TECH INDUSTRY

IS TAKING PLACE ON CAPITOL

HILL. IT'S TIME FOR CONGRESS TO

PICK. ARE THEY GOING TO PICK

BIG TECH OR THEY GOING TO PICK

FAMILIES OF AMERICA ON TUESDAY?

PARENTS AND ADVOCATES PRESSED

LEADERS TO SUPPORT THE KIDS

ONLINE SAFETY ACT DURING A

VIGIL WITH SOME SAYING SOCIAL

MEDIA PLAYED A PART IN THEIR

CHILDREN'S DEATHS. THEY WERE

NOT INEVITABLE.

>> AND THEY WERE NOT

ACCIDENTAL. SENATOR MARSHA

BLACKBURN EXPRESSED SUPPORT

FOR NEW REGULATIONS CLAIMING

TECH COMPANIES TO YOUNG USERS

AS, QUOTE, DOLLAR SIGNS, THEIR

PRODUCTS ARE DESIGNED 4

ADDICTIVENESS. AND THEY'VE BEEN

VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THAT.

THAT WAS KELLY SABERI REPORTING

MULTIPLE LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN

FILED BY FAMILIES IN OUR STATE,

BUT NO SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN

REACHED.

>> THE KIDS ONLINE SAFETY ACT

PASSED THE SENATE IN 2024.