Roblox has a tricky tightrope to walk between making its online sandbox safe and keeping it fun. On one side, players rail against changes locking off social settings and requiring privacy-threatening age checks, and on the other side Roblox is beset by lawmakers claiming the platform isn’t doing enough. It’s a balancing act, but at the moment Roblox doesn’t seem to be pleasing anyone.<\/p>\n
Roblox has long faced controversy fuelled by its young-skewing player base, from accusations of child labor exploitation<\/a> to a bombshell Bloomberg report<\/a> that alleged Roblox had become a hotbed for child predators. The company has faced legal action from many states across the US and internationally, including from LA<\/a>, Australia<\/a>, Texas<\/a>, Louisiana<\/a>, California<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n The company’s responses to such accusations haven’t always made for great PR, from CEO David Baszucki’s notoriously poor handling<\/a> of a New York Times interview to studio head Stefano Corazza saying Roblox was doing a good thing<\/a> by allowing 15-year-olds to work. While defensiveness has often been the company’s go-to response to accusations around safety, the mounting pressure has now seen Roblox pull the trigger on a number of sweeping platform changes.<\/p>\n