Online safety advice for children Sparks discussion

“If you are not comfortable, do not let your children on robox”: with This advice is in an exclusive interview from the BBCDave Baszuki, CEO of the famous game platform company, sparked a severe discussion among parents.

Mr. Baszucki also stressed that the company has taken the protection of its users seriously and pointed out that “tens of millions” of people have “amazing experiences” about the site of the most popular games in the UK for children between the ages of eight to 12 years.

Hundreds of people communicate with the BBC after reading his comments: Many parents said to take more responsibility, or highlighted the safety of Robox and enjoyable for their children.

Others drew a much darker image – accusations of grooming and addiction and the company that failed to respond to their fears.

Here are some of their stories. The BBC has changed some names to protect youth identities.

For Amir, from Leeds, Mr. Paskushi’s comments were “ridiculous”, and the course of the work suggested was “much easier than doing it.”

“Robox is destroying my son,” he told BBC – who feels unable to stop him.

He says that since he was eight or nine, the user says that the 15 -year -old is “addicted” and can now use the site for up to 14 hours a day.

Amir told the BBC: “He is one child and both parents work at work. I feel guilty that we could not give him a fun time. This was stolen by Roblox,” Amir told the BBC.

The son’s account entitled the email of the father, and Prince of “hundreds” of emails over the years from Roblox has received about violating “terms of use”.

He says that his son has obtained a temporary ban, but he finds a way to play on it – using multiple accounts and accounts of others.

Amir hopes to be able to reduce his son’s time on the platform by “playing paper, speaking and watching YouTube together” instead of forcing him to get out completely.

In response, Robox is the most prominent BBC news Screen time limit feature on the statute This gives parents the ability to restrict the amount of time when children are allowed to spend on robox every day.

Sally, from Northern Scotland, told BBC that she “is completely responsible” as a parent – but she wondered whether Robox was doing the same.

BBC told her nine -year -old daughter to be prepared on Robox – although she was reported to the platform – she did not get a response, leaving her “angry”.

Last December, the mother said that her child was talking to someone in a game where you can “imitate real life”. This user has forced her child to play “marriage” roles. They told the girl that they were touching themselves, and asked Sally’s daughter to touch herself and take a picture.

They offered the Roblox coin inside the game in exchange for the image. This child did not, and told her mother a few days later.

“When I approached me, it was with a lot of tears, and I was very passionate about what happened. I confirmed my child that it is not their mistake to do everything right – to tell me.

“This is unacceptable to a platform announced towards young children. The company seems to be no responsibility and it is clear that its candidates do not work.”

Sally said that companies that created platforms must be responsible for any problems with her, instead of informing their users “well, do not use them.”

In his BBC interview, Mr. Basziki said that building a “confidence and safety system” has been an important part of Roblox since its launch.

He added: “We are doing, in the company, the position that any bad accident – one bad – is one too much.

“We see bullying, monitor harassment, and filter all these types of things, and I would like to say behind the scenes, and the analysis extends to whether necessary, if necessary, communicate with law enforcement.”

He said he remained confident of Roblox safety tools and insisted that the company exceeded that to maintain the safety of its users.

Roblox also says that she analyzes all the connections that pass between members on the platform, and are increasingly used more advanced artificial intelligence systems and other technology to do this – and anything that has been sent for further investigation is sent.

He emphasized the BBC news that users cannot share photos with each other on the platform.

Fears about children being exposed to sexual content On Roblox it has been broadcast before.

In November of last year, less than 13 years were banned from the platform of sending direct messages, as well as playing in “Hangout Experiments”, which is characterized by chatting between the players. Other parents’ controls were also provided.

Many people also called BBC to support what Roblox CEO said.

Catherine Foley said that she “admired” the “honesty” of Mr. Basoki in his interview, and highlighted the ongoing talks she had with her nine -year -old daughter Helen around the platform.

Helen is a great fan of the game of animals that adopt me.

“I would like to say that Robox’s experience was very positive as she adopts me to be a nice and safe place for her to enjoy her friends,” Catherine said.

Meanwhile, Kirsi Sulaman Talk to Jermy Vine show On BBC 2, around her 13 -year -old son Kyle, who suffers from hyperplasia, lack of attention, autism and extreme anxiety.

“He is really struggling with social interactions and small talk. Being on robox and other gaming platforms, he is able to play with his classmates.

“This tension and anxiety are taken, and it ended with a good group of friends.”

Kirsti said that she talked to her son about online safety and examines his devices every day.

Phil from London agreed that parents need to take the initiative when it comes to safety online.

“There is a risk of thinking that the Internet is a pill,” he commented on the BBC.