Roblox

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Roblox is an online platform which lets users create their own games, as well as all sorts of virtual items for their personal avatars. The platform is owned by the Roblox Corporation.

Roblox

Basic information
Founded	2004
Legal structure	Company
Industry	Gaming
Official website	https://roblox.com/

Consumer impact summary

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• User freedom: Documented in section 11 of the Roblox Terms of Use,^{[citation needed]} the user agrees to resolve disputes through Mandatory Informal Dispute Resolution (MIDR). If MIDR does not resolve a dispute, users within the United States are forced to proceed under binding arbitration. In order to initiate MIDR, users are required to send a physically-written notice by certified mail or through Federal Express.
• User privacy:
• Business model: Profits off of an exclusive currency purchased with real-world currency called Robux, often used an an intermediary for microtransactions on the platform for user-generated content (UGC) such as cosmetics. Known to also make money off of collaborations that function as advertisements, such as with Ikea.
• Market competition: Various platforms such as Epic Games' Fortnite have been known to emulate how Roblox works. Very few however, are successful in competing against them.

Incidents

Accusations of child labor

In January 2022, The Guardian ran a story accusing Roblox of profiting off child labor, detailing stories of teenagers being scammed and becoming victims of sexual grooming in communities conveniently off the platform. In October 2022, the first of many lawsuits alleging Roblox enabled a girl's sexual exploitation was filed.

Blocking Linux users

In April 2023, Roblox intentionally blocked Linux users playing the game via Wine, a tool used for running Windows apps on POSIX-compliant operating systems.

Problematic moderation

Main article: Roblox's problematic moderation

Roblox as a platform has been well-known by consumers to moderate content excessively poorly. The platform's chat moderation feature has been frequently known to egregiously censor speech, most notably numbers.

In recent years, the moderation has been documented to neglect handling child predators, only handling the most egregious of actors after massive consumer backlash or lawsuits, and in many cases, these individuals tend to have their bans reversed. Additionally, the platform has been documented to host various mature experiences, which have been recorded to be used as breeding grounds for predatory behavior. This neglect has gone so far as to the platform threatening litigation against individuals attempting to get child predators reported to authorities.