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

<p>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 avatar</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>There are growing calls for the federal government to address the risks posed to children on the popular gaming platform Roblox after Guardian Australia <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/nov/05/roblox-game-robux-children-child-kids-safety-parental-controls">published a report</a> that documented a week of virtual sexual harassment and violence.</p><p>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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/nov/07/roblox-online-gaming-platform-should-be-snared-by-australia-u16-social-media-ban">Continue reading...</a>