The BBC warned that “what is written on chats in condos” was “unprintable on a grown-up news website, let alone a children’s game”. These spaces are being generated by some users to take about sex and to simulate virtual sex featuring their avatars. The sex games take place in what is commonly referred to on the platform as “condos”. The vast Roblox world of games has been described as a kind of “metaverse” – a universe of virtual spaces that some pundits predict is where many people may eventually end up doing most of their socialising and working. In 2020, Roblox told Bloomberg that two-thirds of all US children between the ages of nine and 12 used the platform, and Covid-19 lockdowns have since helped to increase its reach. The platform features more than 40m games, ranging from “adopting a virtual pet or living in a fantasy castle” to “shoot-em-up multiplayer challenges” and “obstacle courses”, The Times reported.Īnd these games are hugely popular with children. According to latest figures from the California-based Roblox Corporation (RBLX), an average of 49.4m users logged on each day in November 2021. Roblox allows users to design and build their own games, which anyone else can then play. The broadcaster discovered scenarios including “a naked man wearing just a dog collar and a lead” being “led across the floor by a woman in a bondage outfit”, as well as a game featuring “two strippers” dancing beside a bar.
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